subcube

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ cube.

Noun

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subcube (plural subcubes)

  1. (mathematics) A portion of a cube.
    • 2012, Miloslav Feistauer, Vit Dolejší, Peter Knobloch, Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications: Proceedings, page 429:
      A similar idea as above is applied to the volume meshing – the initial cube is split and independent instances of the volume meshing algorithm are run on the subcubes.
  2. (computing) A subset of a cube (data structure).