1) Cubic contents 
• (n.) The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
(from the article `quadrature`) ...rectangles) and then finding the limit (as the divisions become ever finer) of the sum of these areas. When this process is performed with solid ...
Cu'ba·ture noun [ Latin cubus cube: confer F. cubature . See Cube .] The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body. 
the determination of the cubic contents of something. · cubic contents.