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- English todayRubik's cube
Calque of Hungarian Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor of the Rubik's cube, Ernő Rubik.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rubik's cube
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Hungarian Rubik-kocka