Cubic
111cubic decimetre — noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) • Syn: ↑liter, ↑litre, ↑l, ↑cubic decimeter • Hypernyms:… …
112Cubic cleavage — Cleavage Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a… …
113cubic niter — Saltpeter Salt pe ter, Saltpetre Salt pe tre,, n. [F. salp[^e]tre, NL. sal petrae, literally, rock salt, or stone salt; so called because it exudes from rocks or walls. See {Salt}, and {Petrify}.] (Chem.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white… …
114Cubic niter — Niter Ni ter, Nitre Ni tre, n. [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. nit[=u]n, natr[=u]n natron. Cf. {Natron}.] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See {Saltpeter}. [1913 Webster]… …
115cubic zirconia — Zirconia ir*co ni*a, n. [NL.] (Chem.) The oxide of zirconium ({ZrO2}), obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an… …
116cubic zirconia — also cubic zirconium noun Date: 1979 a synthetic gemstone of zirconia resembling a diamond …
117cubic zirconium — noun see cubic zirconia …
118cubic metre per second — m3/s rate of discharge, typically used in measuring streamflow. One cubic metre per second is equal to the discharge in a stream of a cross section one metre wide and one metre deep, flowing with an average velocity of one metre per second …
119cubic zirconia — /zerr koh nee euh/, pl. zirconias. an artificial crystal resembling a diamond in refraction, dispersion, hardness, and color, used in jewelry. Abbr.: CZ Sometimes, cubic zirconium /zerr koh nee euhm/. * * * …
120cubic curve — noun A plane curve having the equation . Syn: cubic …
