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: having the form of a cube : cubical
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a
: relating to the cube considered as a crystal form
3
b
: being the volume of a cube whose edge is a specified unit
cubic inch
4
: of third degree, order, or power
a cubic polynomial
: a cubic curve, equation, or polynomial
Examples of cubic in a Sentence
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Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 27 Apr. 2024
In Louisiana, where wetlands have been vanishing at an average rate of a football field every 100 minutes, the state needs millions of cubic meters of material to rebuild its coast.
—Cara Buckley Annie Flanagan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
The report uses new Environmental Protection Agency rules finalized in February for annual fine particulate matter pollution that limits levels from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The highest measurement of PCE in soil was around 2,600 parts per cubic meter, more than 10 times higher than the state limit.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
The Labor Department rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full-shift exposure, calculated as an 8-hour average.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
The rules, announced by the U.S. Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration, limit permissible exposure to crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full eight-hour shift.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
Pollen update: Tree pollen remained HIGH today at 999 grains per cubic meter of air.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Reducing just 5 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) of fine particle pollution can decrease the risk of low birthweight by 15%.
—Jeremy Ney, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
That leaves cubics, the stubborn holdouts of the polynomial universe.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2013
Its iconic cubic form created a modern version of a traditional Protestant meeting house.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2019
Mozgo acquires the boxes from a Bell Gardens company that imports ginger, paints them firetruck red, pays $120 per cubic yard for dirt and then uses a $900 trailer to haul it all back to his neighborhood on the south end of downtown Los Angeles.
—Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
Every 10-microgram-per-cubic-meter increase in the concentration of breathable particulate matter is associated with an increase of about 9 percent in infant mortality, an effect consistent over the 15-year study period, the study’s authors say.
—Washington Post, 27 June 2018
The highest levels of microplastic found so far in the race was 357 particles per cubic metre recorded from the South China Sea, east of Taiwan.
—Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 8 June 2018
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Valparaiso Public Works employees will load compost and mulch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The charge for compost loading is $10 per cubic yard, payment by check or money order only.
—Staff Report, Post-Tribune, 3 May 2018
Adjective
The area was seventh on the list of places with the highest annual particle pollution, with a yearly average concentration of 22 micrograms per cubic meter of air.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 27 Apr. 2024
In Louisiana, where wetlands have been vanishing at an average rate of a football field every 100 minutes, the state needs millions of cubic meters of material to rebuild its coast.
—Cara Buckley Annie Flanagan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
The report uses new Environmental Protection Agency rules finalized in February for annual fine particulate matter pollution that limits levels from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The highest measurement of PCE in soil was around 2,600 parts per cubic meter, more than 10 times higher than the state limit.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
The Labor Department rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full-shift exposure, calculated as an 8-hour average.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
The rules, announced by the U.S. Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration, limit permissible exposure to crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full eight-hour shift.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
Pollen update: Tree pollen remained HIGH today at 999 grains per cubic meter of air.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Reducing just 5 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) of fine particle pollution can decrease the risk of low birthweight by 15%.
—Jeremy Ney, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Noun
Before long, Cardano could solve any depressed cubic.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
That leaves cubics, the stubborn holdouts of the polynomial universe.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2013
Its iconic cubic form created a modern version of a traditional Protestant meeting house.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2019
Mozgo acquires the boxes from a Bell Gardens company that imports ginger, paints them firetruck red, pays $120 per cubic yard for dirt and then uses a $900 trailer to haul it all back to his neighborhood on the south end of downtown Los Angeles.
—Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
Every 10-microgram-per-cubic-meter increase in the concentration of breathable particulate matter is associated with an increase of about 9 percent in infant mortality, an effect consistent over the 15-year study period, the study’s authors say.
—Washington Post, 27 June 2018
The highest levels of microplastic found so far in the race was 357 particles per cubic metre recorded from the South China Sea, east of Taiwan.
—Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 8 June 2018
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Valparaiso Public Works employees will load compost and mulch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The charge for compost loading is $10 per cubic yard, payment by check or money order only.
—Staff Report, Post-Tribune, 3 May 2018
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