capacity unit

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capacity unit - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity

capacity measure, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit

unit, 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 side

cu ft, cubic foot - the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side

cord - a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet

liquid 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 terms

cran - a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring

field capacity - the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold

kor, homer - an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

hin - ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons

fathom, fthm - (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

acre-foot - the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters

acre inch - one twelfth of an acre-foot

board foot - the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick

standard - a board measure = 1980 board feet

cubic yard, yard - a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

last - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

volume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"

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