CUBIC KILOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cubic kilometer mean? 

• CUBIC KILOMETER (noun)
  The noun CUBIC KILOMETER has 1 sense:

1. a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge

  Familiarity information: CUBIC KILOMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBIC KILOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cubic kilometer; cubic kilometre

Hypernyms ("cubic kilometer" is a kind of...):

metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "cubic kilometer"):

cubic meter; cubic metre; kiloliter; kilolitre (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters)

 Context examples 

IceCube is an array of 5,160 optical sensors, each roughly two feet in diameter, deeply encased within a cubic kilometer of very clear Antarctic ice near NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

(Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks, National Science Foundation)