"magic cube" meaning in English

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Noun

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

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: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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