"magic cube" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: magic cubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Number theory
    Sense id: en-magic_cube-en-noun-W5xaBQeU Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: magic cubes [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|hu|bűvös kocka}} Calque of Hungarian bűvös kocka Head templates: {{en-noun}} magic cube (plural magic cubes)
  1. A Rubik's cube. Categories (topical): Rubik's Cube
    Sense id: en-magic_cube-en-noun-C0oqZKkj Disambiguation of Rubik's Cube: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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