cubature

American  

[kyoo-buh-cher] / ˈkyu bə tʃər /

noun

1. the determination of the cubic contents of something.

2. cubic contents.

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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

Apollonius is concerned with the Geometry of Forms and Situations, while in Archimedes we find the Geometry of Measurements, dealing with the quadrature of curvilinear plane figures and with the quadrature and cubature of curved surfaces, investigations which gave birth to the calculus of the infinite conceived and brought to perfection by Kepler, Cavalieri, Fermat, Leibniz and Newton.

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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.

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The great increase in the dimensions of modern class-rooms was dictated by physical hygiene; the ambient air space is measured by "cubature" in relation to the physical needs of respiration; and for the same reason, lavatories were multiplied, and bathrooms were installed; physical hygiene further decreed the introduction of concrete floors and washable dadoes, of central heating, and in many cases of meals, while gardens or broad terraces are already looked upon as essentials for the physical well-being of the child.

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FORESTRY.—Apparatus for Obtaining the Cubature of Trees.—3 illustrations 18493 VIII.

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In the exploitation of forests it is an important matter to be able to measure the cubature of trees, and the process most generally employed consists in determining their height and mean circumference, the apparatus used for this latter measurement being compasses having the form of the calipers used by mechanics.

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