cubature

/ˈkjuːbətʃər/
noun
  1. The measurement of volume or the process of finding the volume of a solid figure.
    • The engineer used cubature to determine the capacity of the storage tank.
    • In geometry class, we learned about cubature when calculating the space inside a cube.
    • Ancient mathematicians developed early methods of cubature for measuring grain silos.
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