Ru|bik's Cube

Ru|bik's Cube
Ru|bik's Cube «ROO bihks»,
Trademark. a plastic cube composed of 26 small blocks that can be rotated on a spindle inside. Each of the cube's sides has a different color and once they are moved about it becomes a puzzle to restore the sides to their original colors. »

Rubik's Cube has a mere 43.2 quintillion (432 followed by 17 zeros) possible arrangements (Time).

[< Ernö Rubik, a Hungarian architect, who invented it]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Rubik's cube — Ru′bik s Cube′ [[t]ˈru bɪks[/t]] trm a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color …   From formal English to slang

  • Rubik's Cube — Ru|bik s Cube [ rubıks ,kjub ] TRADEMARK a PUZZLE in the form of a box with nine different colored squares on each side. You have to move its parts so that each side shows only one color …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cubic — [kyo͞o′bik] adj. [ME cubik < OFr cubique < L cubicus < Gr kybikos: see CUBE1] 1. having the shape of a cube 2. having three dimensions, or having the volume of a cube whose length, width, and depth (or height) each measure the given unit …   English World dictionary

  • cubic — cubicity /kyooh bis i tee/, n. /kyooh bik/, adj. 1. having three dimensions; solid. 2. having the form of a cube; cubical. 3. pertaining to the measurement of volume: the cubic contents of a vessel. 4. pertaining to a unit of linear measure that… …   Universalium

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