English Explanatory Dictionary

magic cube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. By analogy with magic square, an n-by-n-by-n arrangement of n³ numbers such that the numbers in each row, in all columns (horizontal and vertical) and in all main diagonals (of which there are 6*n+4) each have the same sum.
noun
  1. A Rubik's cube.
name
  1. Rubik's Cube

Word forms

magic cube magic cubes

Etymology

Calque of Hungarian bűvös kocka, the original name (according to Singmaster's Notes on Rubik's 'Magic Cube' and the Wikipedia page) for what later became known in Western markets as Rubik's cube.

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