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  2. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The same word is used, however, for 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3) of estimated or supplied loose material, such as sand, gravel, rubble, etc. This unit is prevalent in the construction industry in India. [20] [21] The same area is called a square in the construction industry in North America, [22] and was historically used in Australia by

  3. Cubic foot - Wikipedia

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    The cubic foot (symbol ft 3 or cu ft) [1] is an imperial and US customary (non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of one foot ( 0.3048 m ) in length , or exactly 28.316 846 592 L, which is very close to ⁠ 1 / 35 ⁠ of a cubic metre ).

  4. Orders of magnitude (volume) - Wikipedia

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    One cubic yard: 9.5–9.8 × 10 −1: One tun (an old unit for beer and wine) 1 × 10 0: One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions) 3.85 × 10 1: External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres 7.7 × 10 1

  5. 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 .

  6. 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 ...

  7. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  8. Cubic ton - Wikipedia

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    Stone, 16 cubic feet (0.453 m 3) Salt, 42 US bushels (1.480 m 3) Lime, 40 US bushels (1.410 m 3) Coke, 28 US bushels (0.99 m 3) Wheat, 20 US bushels (0.705 m 3) The nearest thing to a standard cubic ton seems to be the "timber" cubic ton (40 cubic feet or 1.133 cubic metres) which is used by freight transport operators in the US. [1] [2]

  9. Sand - Wikipedia

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    By another definition, in terms of particle size as used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 mm (or 1 ⁄ 16 mm) a volume of approximately 0.00012 cubic millimetres, to 2 mm, a volume of approximately 4.2 cubic millimetres, the difference in volumes being 34,688 measures difference. [6]