1. plural of cubature; the process of determining or calculating the volume or cubic content of a solid body
Usage: technical; mathematics
2. plural of cubature; a mathematical formula or method used to approximate the volume of a solid or the integral of a function over a three-dimensional region
Usage: technical; mathematics; numerical analysis

Examples

• The engineer used various cubatures to estimate the volume of the irregular stone.
• Advanced cubatures are essential in computational geometry for solving complex three-dimensional problems.
• The textbook covered several cubatures used in numerical integration.
• Accurate cubatures are critical when calculating the capacity of storage tanks.
• Modern software implements sophisticated cubatures to handle multidimensional integrals.