Cubic Kilometer (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The dam will create a reservoir that can hold a volume of over 3 cubic kilometers of water.
- It is estimated that the comet has a total volume of about 200 cubic kilometers.
- Astronomers estimate that the giant cloud of gas and dust contains enough material to make thousands of stars and planets within a space of a few cubic kilometers.
- Each layer of sediment has a thickness of approximately 10 cubic kilometers per square kilometer of sea floor.
- During an earthquake, an underground movement of rocks displaced more than 7 cubic kilometers of Earth's crust in less than a minute.