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DISPLACEMENT UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of measurement of volume or capacity
Synonyms:
capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("displacement unit" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "displacement unit"):
last (a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels)
cubic yard; yard (a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel))
standard (a board measure = 1980 board feet)
board foot (the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick)
acre inch (one twelfth of an acre-foot)
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)
fathom; fthm ((mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore)
hin (ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons)
homer; kor (an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs)
field capacity (the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold)
cran (a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring)
metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)
dry measure; dry unit (a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain))
liquid measure; liquid unit (a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers))
cord (a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet)
cu ft; cubic foot (the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side)
cu in; cubic inch (the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side)
Holonyms ("displacement unit" is a part of...):
volume (the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object)
