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Rubik|ˈruːbɪk|
[The name of E. Rubik, Hungarian teacher, who patented the puzzle in Hungary in 1975.]
Rubik('s) cube: a puzzle consisting of a cube seemingly formed by 27 smaller cubes, uniform in size but of various colours, each layer of nine or eight smaller cubes being capable of rotation in its own plane; the task is to restore each face of the cube to a single colour after the uniformity has been destroyed by rotation of the various layers.
1980D. E. Taylor (title) Rubik's cube. 1980D. Singmaster Notes Rubik's ‘Magic Cube’ (ed. 5) p. i, This edition has been retitled since the Magic Cube is now being sold as Rubik's Cube. Ibid. 37 Ideal [sc. the Ideal Toy Corp.] has renamed the cube as ‘Rubik's Cube’ on the grounds that ‘magic’ tends to be associated with magic. 1981Sci. Amer. Mar. 14/1 Büvös Kocka—the Magic Cube, also known as Rubik's Cube—has simultaneously taken the puzzle world, the mathematics world and the computing world by storm. 1981Bookseller 4 July 45/1 Rubik's cube is the latest game/puzzle aimed at driving both parents and children to madness. 1981Daily Tel. 9 July 14/1 Those who in recent months have been driven potty by the clicking of the intellectual's worry beads, the multi-coloured and multi-faceted Rubik Cube, will be glad to know that help has arrived. |
