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Definition: Cubical |
CubicalAdjective1. Shaped like a cube. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cubical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonyms: CubicalSynonyms: cubelike (adj), cube-shaped (adj), cubiform (adj), cuboid (adj), cuboidal (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform; cuneate, multangular, oxygonal; triangular, trigonal, trilateral; quadrangular, quadrilateral; foursquare; rectangular, square, multilateral; polygonal; Noun: cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cubical |
| English words defined with "cubical": Caaba, Cubically, Cubicalness ♦ Dice coal ♦ Pebble powder, Platiniridium ♦ Quadrantal ♦ Roman alum ♦ Sarcina, Seedbox, Stereometry. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cubical": Calculators, cube powder. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cubical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cubical" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cubical": cubical parabola. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cubical | 22 |
cubical quad | 9 |
cubical quad antenna | 7 |
cubical curtain | 7 |
antenne cubical | 3 |
cubical office | 3 |
computer cubical game | 3 |
cubical etiquette | 2 |
cubical furniture | 2 |
cubical commando | 2 |
cubical wall | 2 |
accessory cubical | 2 |
2 antenna cubical m quad | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cubical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në trajtë kubi (cubic), kubik (cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кубичен (cubic, solid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 立方" (Cube, Cubic, Cubically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krychlový (cubed, cubic, quadratic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kubisk (cubic, cuboid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kubusvormig (Cuban, cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cubique (cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | würfelförmig (cube formed, cube-shaped, cubic, cubically, cubiform), kubische, kubisch (cubic, cubiform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυβικός (cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kocka alakú (cubic, cubiform, cuboid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cubico (cubic), a forma di cubo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 입방 (Cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kioobagh (cubic, cubist), kern-thummidagh (cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubicalcay cúbico (cubic, solid). (various references) cubic (cubic). (various references) кубический (cubic). (various references) zapreminski, kubni (cubic), kockast (blockish, chequered, dicey, tessellated). (various references) cúbico (cubic). (various references) що ма" форму куба. (various references) đường cubic (cubic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cubical": cubically. (additional references) | |
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"Cubical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cabessal, cibical, Cubatao, cubia, cubica, cubicals, cubital, Hubicka, Kubecka. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-l-u" | |
-1 letter: abulic, buccal. | |
-2 letters: aulic, cubic. | |
-3 letters: bail, caul, club, laic. | |
-4 letters: ail, alb, bal, cab, cub, lab, lac, lib. | |
-5 letters: ab, ai, al, ba, bi, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-i-l-u" | |
+1 letter: cubicula. | |
+2 letters: corbicula, cubically. | |
+3 letters: corbiculae. | |
+4 letters: bucolically, subclinical, subcortical, subcritical. | |
+5 letters: cherubically, circulatable, communicable, communicably, incalculable, incalculably. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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