stere

stere
/stear/, n.
a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. Abbr.: st
[1790-1800; < F stère < Gk stereós solid]

* * *

▪ unit of measurement
      metric unit of volume equal to one cubic metre, or 1,000 litres. The stere (from Greek stereos, “solid”) was originally defined by law and used in France in 1793, primarily as a measure for firewood. It is thus the metric counterpart of the cord, one standard cord (128 cubic feet of stacked wood) being equal to 3.625 steres. A stere is made up of 10 decisteres, and 100 steres make up a hectostere. Very large volumes may be expressed in kilosteres, equal to 1,000 steres.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • stere — stere·id; stere·og·no·sis; stere·og·nos·tic; stere·og·ra·pher; stere·og·ra·phy; stere·ome; stere·om·e·ter; stere·om·e·try; stere·op·sis; stere·op·ti·can; stere·op·ti·cian; stere·or·ni·thes; stere·os·co·py; stere·ot·o·mist; stere·ot·o·my;… …   English syllables

  • Stere — Stère Stère : nom masculin, ancienne unité de mesure du bois de chauffage. C est dans le cadre d une normalisation des unités de mesure que la France se place dans le peloton de tête en 1961 par la publication des unités SI – Système… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • stère — [ stɛr ] n. m. • 1794; gr. stereos « solide » 1 ♦ Unité de mesure (abrév.st), équivalant à 1 mètre cube, utilisée pour les bois de chauffage et de charpente. « il dépensait un stère de bois, et lésinait sur une allumette » (R. Rolland ). 2 ♦… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Stere — Stere, v. t. & i. To stir. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stere — Stere, n. A rudder. See 5th {Steer}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stere — Stere, n. Helmsman. See 6th {Steer}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stere — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 root *ster stiff, rigid (see STERILE (Cf. sterile)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • stere — [stir] n. [Fr stère < Gr stereos, solid, cubic: see STEREO ] a cubic meter …   English World dictionary

  • Stère — (franz., spr. Stähr), die Einheit des neuern französischen Körper od. Raummaßes, bes. für Holz = 1 Cubikmètre (s. Mètre) = 0,296 preußische Klafter = 32 preußische Quadratfuß; 1 S. zerfällt in 10 Décistères; 10 S. = 1 Decastère, 100 S. = 1… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Stère — (frz., spr. stähr), Körpermaß, s. Ster …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”