cubature

[kyoo-buh-cher]

cu·ba·ture

[kyoo-buh-cher]
noun
1.
the determination of the cubic contents of something.
2.
cubic contents.

Origin:
1670–80; cube1 + -ature, after quadrature
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Cubature is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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cubature (ˈkjuːbətʃə)
 
n
1.  the determination of the cubic contents of something
2.  Also called: cubage cubic contents
 
[C17: from cube1 + -ature, on the model of quadrature]

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