magic cube

See also: Magic Cube

English

Etymology 1

Noun

magic cube (plural magic cubes)

1. (number theory) 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.

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

magic cube (plural magic cubes)

1. A Rubik's cube.