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Rubik's cube

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A puzzle of Rubik's cube.

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Etymology

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Calque of Hungarian Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor Ernő Rubik.

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Rubik's cube (plural Rubik's cubes)

  1. A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color.
    • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 48:
      They can open bottles, smoke a cigarette, draw a picture, solve a Rubik's cube, all with the holiest of holies.

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