stere
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[steer] Pronunciation Key,
[steer] Pronunciation Key, –noun
| a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. Abbreviation: st |
[Origin: 1790–1800; < F stère < Gk stereós solid]
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| stere
(stîr) Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. s A unit of volume equal to one cubic meter. [French stère, from Greek stereos, solid, hard; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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stere
unit of the metric system for solid measure, 1798, from Fr. stère "unit of volume equal to one cubic meter," from Gk. stereos "solid," from PIE base *ster- "stiff, rigid" (see sterile).
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Dec"i*stere\, n. [F. d['e]cist[`e]re; pref. d['e]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + st[`e]re a stere.] (Metric System) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Kil"o*stere`\, n. [F. kilostere. See Kilogram, and Stere.] A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.
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Steer\, n. [AS. ste['o]r, sti['o]r; akin to D. stuur, G. steuer, Icel. st?ri. [root]186. See Steer, v. t.] [Written also stere.] A rudder or helm. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Stere\, n. [F. st[`e]re, fr. Gr. ? solid.] A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 11/3 cubic yards.
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