cubic measure

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noun

the measurement of volume or space by means of cubic units.

a system of such units, especially that in which 1,728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot and 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard, or that in which 1,000 cubic millimeters = 1 cubic centimeter, 1,000 cubic centimeters = 1,000 cubic decimeters, and 1,000 cubic decimeters = 1 cubic meter.

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Origin of cubic measure

First recorded in 1650–60

Words nearby cubic measure

cube steak, cube van, cubic, cubical, cubicle, cubic measure, cubiculum, cubic zirconia, cubiform, cubism, cubit

How to use cubic measure in a sentence

Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.
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But the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread.
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With that, there is no means to consistently measure progress.
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There would, then, likely be significant police resistance to this measure.
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A petition has been delivered in Nevada that will put a similar measure to the one in Washington on the ballot in 2016.
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Yet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.
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The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.
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(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.
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Not only have its fundamental principles been fully vindicated but in most details the working of the measure has been successful.
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The alternate hexameter and pentameter are, for most purposes, a more agreeable measure than the hexameter by itself.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cubic measure

cubic measure

noun

a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc

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cubic measure

Origin of cubic measure

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British Dictionary definitions for cubic measure