subcube

noun — 2 senses

subcube

noun

Etymology From sub- + cube.

1

Mathematics, Sciences A portion of a cube.

  • 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.2012, Miloslav Feistauer, Vit Dolejší, Peter Knobloch, Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications: Proceedings, page 429:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A subset of a cube (data structure).

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