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cubature

American  
[kyoo-buh-cher] / ˈkyu bə tʃər /

noun

  1. the determination of the cubic contents of something.

  2. cubic contents.

cubature British  
/ ˈkjuːbətʃə /

noun

  1. the determination of the cubic contents of something

  2. Also called: cubage.  cubic contents

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Etymology

Origin of cubature

1670–80; cube 1 + -ature, after quadrature

Example Sentences

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This first result, multiplied by itself and by the height, gives the cubature of the tree.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various

In geometry Archimedes stands, as it were, on the shoulders of Eudoxus in that he applied the method of exhaustion to new and more difficult cases of quadrature and cubature.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little

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