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  2. Cubic yard - Wikipedia

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    A cubic yard (symbol yd 3) [1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet , 36 inches , 0.9144 meters ) in length .

  3. Yard - Wikipedia

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    The yard is used to define the dimensions of the playing area in American football, [54] Canadian football, [55] association football, [56] cricket, [57] and in some countries golf. [citation needed] There are corresponding units of area and volume, the square yard and cubic yard respectively.

  4. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    a brick work or rubble wall made of broken stone of irregular size, shape and texture, made of undressed stone, is measured by the (16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 5.03 metres) long, 12 inches (30.5 cm) high, and 12 inches (30.5 cm) thick. This is equivalent to exactly 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 cubic feet (0.611111 cubic yards; 0.467228 cubic metres). [33]

  5. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A Canadian football field is 65 yards (59 m) wide and 110 yards (100 m) long with end zones adding a combined 40 yards (37 m) to the length, making it 87,750 square feet (8,152 m 2) or 0.8215 ha (2.030 acres).

  6. New data shows Pacific Palisades, Altadena face heightened ...

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    Crews have since removed 150,000 cubic yards of mud, vegetation and rocks from that basin to give it additional capacity for this storm, Pestrella said. ... "We have the capacity for the size of ...

  7. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching, and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [1] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile 4 feet (122 cm) high, 8 feet (244 cm) wide, and 4 feet (122 cm) deep; or any other arrangement of linear measurements ...

  8. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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    Volume Unit of measure cubic metre litre Reference size Usage 1 cubic metre = 1 = 1000: base unit in SI : 1 barrel = 0.158 987 294 928 = 158.987294928 = 42 US gallons = 9,702 cubic inches

  9. Concrete mixer - Wikipedia

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    0.75 m³ (1 cubic yard) cart-away mixing trailer. A variant of standard concrete transportation is the concrete (or, cement) mixing trailer. These small versions of transit-mix trucks are used to supply short loads of concrete. They have a concrete mixing drum with a capacity of between 0.76 and 1.34 cubic metres (1 and 1.75 cu yd).