Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: cubic kilometer
Usage: US (elsewhere: cubic kilometre)
  1. A unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge
    "The reservoir contained several cubic kilometers of water";
    - cubic kilometre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: cubic kilometers

Type of: metric capacity unit

Encyclopedia: Cubic kilometer