I've seen too many misuses of the word cubical in the past couple of days, so I thought I'd post this quick guide. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century] Reference
The cubical is too small. From Wordnik.com. [Top 5 Hotel Restrooms] Reference
That which he had called cubical. From Wordnik.com. [Kidnapped] Reference
I walk by my cubical and straight for the elevator. From Wordnik.com. [Worry Is for the Well-Rested] Reference
Six tentacles curled outward from their cubical bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Jameson Satellite] Reference
As the ratio of cubical contents to superficial area of. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
The output of the cubical mixer was 100 cu.yds. per day. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The cubical contents of such a room equals 1,700 cubic feet. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885] Reference
I don't have a phone in my cubical, let alone a phonenumber. From Wordnik.com. [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference
The big cubical chair, for instance, is something to be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration] Reference
Well that guy in the next cubical that looks mighty cute is fair game. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2006] Reference
Ill. The drum consists of a cubical box with rounded corners and edges. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
On shore we found a great quantity of cubical pyrites in a grey matrix. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region] Reference
I guess my cubical isn't so bad after all - like a cozy little womb. From Wordnik.com. [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference
Take the case of a certain problem to find the cubical contents of a box. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
The cubical expansion of iron for each degree (C.) between 0° and 100° is. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
Ernest watched her as she walked behind him and continued down the cubical aisle. From Wordnik.com. [Blueberries] Reference
I won't always have to work in this cubical next to that evil lump of soft serve. From Wordnik.com. [Worry Is for the Well-Rested] Reference
It was a peculiar feeling to walk down the row of cubical rooms with their barred doors. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
Up next, boxed in, a cubical can feel like a tight fit for white-collar workers these days. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2006] Reference
It occurs abundantly in nature in the form of brass-yellow cubical crystals and in compact masses. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
All round the circumference of the wheel there will be cubical boxes, made tight with pitch and wax. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The concrete was mixed in a cubical mixer operated by electric motor and located at one end of the bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The small houses gave way to larger business buildings, also cubical, and the lawns dwindled and vanished. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
~ -- The following methods and cost of mixing and placing concrete by hand and by cubical mixers is given by. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
On these docks the concrete was placed; a 2 cu.yd. cubical mixer of the usual pattern being used for mixing. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The concrete was mixed in 5-ft. cubical mixers in batches of 1.6 cu.yds. at the rate of 200 cu.yds. per mixer day. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The entire weight of these prisms exceeds a hundred pounds, and they fill a brass cubical box a foot on each side. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887] Reference
Below the measuring hopper was a 1½ cu.yd. cubical mixer and below the mixer was a 3-ft. gage track for 1½ cu.yd. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The capacity of the large chamber was double that of the smaller one, and the cubical area of each was known beforehand. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896] Reference
It consists of a nearly cubical shell of steel open at top and bottom, and having heavy timbers rivetted around the bottom edges. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
A cubical pile of 150 hectoliters contains 105 rows of No. 16 flat and corrugated zinc plates, whose total weight is 6,200 kilogrammes. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
The walk was about a kilometer, along sidewalks bordered by cubical, functional houses and trim lawns of terrestrial grass and small trees. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
The cells of this parenchyma, well known among the features of gum disease, are cubical or polyhedral, thin walled, and rich in protoplasm. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.] Reference
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