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.

Translations

Italian

Noun

cubie f

1. Plural form of cubia