stere
Noun
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Noun
stere (plural steres)
- (obsolete) A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
- 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:
- It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are litre
[ sic] , and stere, all the others having certain relations to these, being equal to them taken 10, 100, 1000, &c. times, […]
- It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are litre
- 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:
- French: stère
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