cubic measure

cubic measure

n. A unit, such as a cubic foot, or a system of units used to measure volume or capacity.

cubic measure

n (Units) a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc

cu′bic meas′ure

n. 1. a system for the measurement of volume or space in cubic units. 2. a unit in such a system.

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cubic measure - a unit of measurement of volume or capacitycapacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, displacement unit, volume unitunit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"cu in, cubic inch - the volume equal to a cube one inch on each sidecu ft, cubic foot - the volume equal to a cube one foot on each sidecord - a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feetliquid measure, liquid unit - a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)dry measure, dry unit - a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric termscran - a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herringfield capacity - the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can holdkor, homer - an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahshin - ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallonsfathom, fthm - (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of oreacre-foot - the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metersacre inch - one twelfth of an acre-footboard foot - the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thickstandard - a board measure = 1980 board feetcubic yard, yard - a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)last - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushelsvolume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"

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