cubie

English

Etymology

cube +‎ -ie

Noun

cubie (plural cubies)

  1. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
    • 1981, Scientific American
      […] you can see that the corner cubie in question is detachable […]
    • 1989, Dennis Merritt, Building Expert Systems in Prolog
      Each of the tiles is actually part of a small cube, or cubie.
    • 2003, Victor Percy Snaith, Groups, Rings and Galois Theory
      Each nine-cubie face is capable of being rotated en bloc.
  2. A five-gallon, boxed, plastic bag of drinking water used by firefighters.

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Noun

cubie f

  1. plural of cubia
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