cubic foot

collocation in English

meaningsofcubicandfoot

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cubic
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.bɪk/us
/ˈkjuː.bɪk/
used in units of volume to show when the length of something has been multiplied by its width ...
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foot
noun
uk
/fʊt/us
/fʊt/
the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or ...
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(Definition ofcubicandfootfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One chamber had a capacity of onecubicfoot, and the second a capacity of one-halfcubicfoot.
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That works out at about 48,500 to the halfcubicfoot.
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I prefer a square foot basis to acubicfootbasis.
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Has he ever had his rent calculated by thecubicfoot?
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I do not much like to measure legislation by thecubicfoot.
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They have never seen acubicfootof gas in their lives.
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Typical units are horsepower percubicfoot.
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It weighs about 46 lbs percubicfoot.
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Onecubicfootwould contain exactly 27 such cubes (four inches on each side), making onecubicfootapproximately equal to 27 litres.
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It is important that everycubicfootof gas which can be saved should, in fact, be saved.
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Timber of course constitutes a bulky cargo, and is relatively percubicfootof cargo space of a low value.
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The volume of the buildings is not known sufficiently accurately to calculate the number of gallons percubicfoot.
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Air-dried, acubicfootweighs 28 lbs.
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Acubicfootof gas is the amount of gas needed to fill a volume of onecubicfootunder set conditions of pressure and temperature.
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They are expressed technically as ·2 of a grain—of dust or grit as the case may be—percubicfoot.
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In one case, a sample of air taken on a staircase before sweeping showed a count of 20,000 bacteria percubicfoot.
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We find that this includes the yard, the square yard, the square mile, the cubic inch, thecubicfoot, and the therm.
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The collection is small, only 1/3 of acubicfoot.
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According to the traditional (cubicfoot) definition, one "livre" would have been about 489.675 grammes.
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When a vacuum is applied to a standardcubicfootof gas, it expands.
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Refrigerators (4.0cubicfootmax) and microwaves (800 watt max) are allowed in the residence halls.
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It was about onecubicfootin volume and weighed about 80 pounds.
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Its original capacity was 900cubicfootof water per second.
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