different between cubic vs cubit

English

Alternative forms

• cubick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French cubique.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kju?.b?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kju.b?k/
• Rhymes: -u?b?k

Adjective

cubic (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     On one recent day, officials said the fine dust concentration levels in Seoul rose above 130 micrograms per cubic meter.

   Coordinate terms: linear, square

2. (algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form ${\displaystyle ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx+d}$
3. (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.

   Synonyms: isometric, monometric

Derived terms

• cubic capacity
• (degree three polynomial): cubic curve, cubic equation
• (unit of volume): cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, cubic kilometre, cubic meter, cubic metre, cubic mile, cubic yard

Translations

Noun

cubic (plural cubics)

1. (algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.

   Synonym: cubic curve

Translations

See also

• cube
• spacial, spatial
• square

Anagrams

• Bucci

Romanian

Etymology

From French cubique, from Latin cubicus.

Adjective

cubic m or n (feminine singular cubic?, masculine plural cubici, feminine and neuter plural cubice)

1. cubical

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kju?.b?t/
• (US) enPR: kyo?o'b?t, IPA^(key): /?kju.b?t/
• Rhymes: -u?b?t
• Homophone: qubit

Noun

cubit (plural cubits)

1. (historical units of measure) Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm.

   • Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

2. (anatomy) The ulna.

Usage notes

In English, most commonly encountered in biblical Hebrew measures based on the shorter of the two Egyptian cubits, although the term is also used broadly for other units between the length of a foot and a yard. These may be clarified with a preceding adjective: Greek cubit, Roman cubit, etc.

Synonyms

• (unit of length): ell (now properly a separate English unit); arshin, Russian cubit (Russian contexts); dira (modern Middle Eastern contexts)
• (bone): See ulna

Hyponyms

• royal cubit

Related terms

• cubitus
• qubit

Translations

Malay

Alternative forms

• ??????

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *-bit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-bit, from Proto-Austronesian *-bit.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /t??ubet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /t??ub?t/
• Rhymes: -ubet, -bet, -et

Verb

cubit (Jawi spelling ?????, used in the form mencubit)

1. to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Middle English

Noun

cubit

1. Alternative form of cubite