释义 |
▪ I. † cuˈbation1 Obs.—0 [ad. L. cubātiōn-em, n. of action f. cubāre to recline.] The action of lying down.
1727in Bailey vol. II. Hence in Johnson, etc. ▪ II. cubation2 rare.|kjuːˈbeɪʃən| [n. of action from mod.L. cubāre to cube (used or assumed): see -ation.] = cubature.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Cubature or Cubation, of a solid. 1887Q. Rev. Apr. 441 He [Hobbes] had collected into one volume his quadrature of the circle, cubation of the sphere, and duplication of the cube. |