noun
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
• Syn:
↑volume unit, ↑capacity unit, ↑capacity measure, ↑cubage unit, ↑cubic content unit, ↑displacement unit, ↑cubature unit
• Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit
• Hyponyms:
↑cubic inch, ↑cu in, ↑cubic foot, ↑cu ft, ↑cord, ↑liquid unit, ↑liquid measure, ↑dry unit, ↑dry measure, ↑metric capacity unit, ↑cran, ↑field capacity, ↑homer, ↑kor, ↑hin, ↑fathom, ↑fthm, ↑acre-foot, ↑acre inch, ↑board foot, ↑standard, ↑cubic yard, ↑yard, ↑last
• Part Holonyms: ↑volume
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noun : a unit or series of units for measuring volume (as cubic inch, cubic centimeter)
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1. the measurement of volume or space by means of cubic units.
2. a system of such units, esp. that in which 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot and 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard, or that in which 1000 cubic millimeters = 1 cubic centimeter, 1000 cubic centimeters = 1000 cubic decimeters, and 1000 cubic decimeters = 1 cubic meter.
[1650-60]
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cubic measure,
a system of measurement of volume in cubic units:
▪1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot
▪27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard
▪1000 cubic millimeters = 1 cubic centimeter
▪1000 cubic centimeters = 1 cubic decimeter
▪1000 cubic decimeters = 1 cubic meter
cu|bi|cule «KYOO buh kyool», noun.
= cubicle. (Cf. ↑cubicle)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.