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cubical

cubical

1 4.3
Shaped like a cube
  • adjective
  • /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/
translation icon : cúbico
  • The array is enclosed in a 6 m cubical anechoic room.
  • cubical box

So in point of fact The thing is white only to our eyes, also tart to our tongue, also cubical to our touch, and so on.

Examples

  • On the other hand, in a window air conditioning unit, the whole machine is one box usually cubical in shape.

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  • In view of the fact that window AC is one cubical unit that consists of all parts of the system, it tends to be noisier compared to the split AC.

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  • The chamber was cubical, maybe eight feet on a side, with the furniture set into the walls.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The sun passed behind a broad cubical comb in New Jersey, and lights flashed on, pouring golden illumination through the gentle drizzle.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "Come." He stepped out on a wide white terrace bathed in afternoon sunlight and went directly to a low table on which rested a cubical block of marble.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • My colleagues and I began by dividing up a cubical volume of the simulated universe into a uniform, three-dimensional grid, with 2048 lines running in each direction.

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  • In some examples, the flat, square building is interrupted in its rectilinearity only by the protrusion, at one of its angles, of a small cubical structure often topped with a conical thatched roof.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The artist designed a cubical sculpture that stood prominently in the gallery.

  • The storage unit had a cubical shape, allowing it to fit neatly into the corner.

  • They built a cubical garden shed in their backyard to store tools.

Synonyms

cubic
vscubical
8 3.8

Having the shape of a cube with equal length, width, and height

is the plain name for that same equal-sided three dimensional form
cube-shaped
vscubical
1 3.2

A shape like a box with six equal square sides and right angles

is the general word for that same solid form
box-shaped
vscubical
1 3.0

Shaped like a box with flat sides and straight corners

focuses only on the equal-faced, right-angled solid rather than boxes
cubiform
vscubical
8.7

Shaped like a cube

is the broader name for that identical three dimensional shape
cubelike
vscubical
3.2

Having six flat square sides and sharp corners like a box

denotes the actual solid form rather than just appearance
cuboidal
vscubical
7.7

Shaped like a cube

is the strict term for the exact cube shape rather than likeness
cuboid
vscubical
6.7

Having the shape of a cube or a rectangular box

is narrower, referring only to the exact square-faced solid
hexahedral
vscubical
8.0

Having six flat faces like a cube

specifies the special case with equal square faces and right angles

How Cubic

cubical
1 4.3
boxy
5 3.2

Surface Forms

cubical positive

Morphology

cubical = cubic (transparent) = cubic + al

Formed by adding a standard adjectival suffix to 'cubic' (itself clearly related to 'cube'), so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Cubical comes from the simple word cube, which comes from an old Greek word kubos meaning 'a six-sided block'. So a cubical object is one that has the shape of a cube, like a sugar cube or the cubes on dice.