[f. mod.L. *cubāre to cube, after quadrature. Cf. F. cubature.] The determination of the cubic content of a solid.
1679. Collins, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men (1841), I. 142. In order to the quadrature of these figures and the cubature of their solids.
1816. Edin. Rev., XXVII. 96. The cubature and complanation of solids.
1877. B. Williamson, Integral Calc. (ed. 2), ix. § 168. The cube … is … the measure of all solids, as the square is the measure of all areas. Hence the finding the volume of a solid is called its cubature.
