单词 | cubation |
释义 | † cubationn.1 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. The action of lying down.In Johnson, etc. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). cubationn.2 rare. = cubature n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > [noun] > determination of cubic content of a solid cubature1679 cubation1728 cubage1840 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Cubature or Cubation, the Cubing of a Solid. 1887 Q. Rev. Apr. 441 He [Hobbes] had collected into one volume his quadrature of the circle, cubation of the sphere, and duplication of the cube. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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