Aluminum is cubic, which is based on squares, so Keo was right. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Product Review: Bicycle Book Shootout!] Reference
I've seen several references to a unit of energy called the cubic mile of oil (CMO). From Wordnik.com. [tingilinde:] Reference
The latter, commonly called cubic nitre or Chile saltpetre, is the kind occurring in Chile. From Wordnik.com. [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference
The primary objective is to increase productivity, or pulp yield, defined as cubic meters of pulp grown per hectare of plantation. From Wordnik.com. [The Emerging Markets Century] Reference
You see, water is measured in cubic meters. From Wordnik.com. [Thirsty Egypt Clings Tight To The Nile] Reference
At the start it was a kind of cubic stretch-figure. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
“If we could only weigh them with some kind of cubic tear measure!”. From Wordnik.com. [TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR OCTOBER 28TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews] Reference
You can set this to one of the manu available high speed congestion variants like "cubic". From Wordnik.com. [LXer Linux News] Reference
So did the art of cutting diamonds (and other stones, such as cubic zirconias and white garnets) to maximize the. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
You might find a diamond (or cubic zirconia) in the rough. From Wordnik.com. [STYLE: OUT OF THE ATTIC] Reference
By 2000, demand is projected to exceed 29 billion cubic meters. From Wordnik.com. [China By The Numbers: Portrait Of A Nation] Reference
The progression goes from quadratic to cubic to quartic to quintic functions. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Understanding the Origins of Anorexia] Reference
Water Demand In 1980, municipal water demand was just 7 billion cubic meters. From Wordnik.com. [China By The Numbers: Portrait Of A Nation] Reference
European cities were seas of rubble - 500 million cubic yards of it in Germany alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Plan And The Man] Reference
And she probably should have stuck to cubic zirconia - it doesn't land you in the Hague. From Wordnik.com. [MP Nunan: Naomi and Wyclef - A Celebrity Week in Foreign Affairs] Reference
Iran has boasted it could one day export as much as 90 billion cubic meters per year of LNG. From Wordnik.com. [Iran Curbs LNG-Export Ambitions] Reference
That could send a hundred-cubic-mile chunk of rock sliding into the ocean at 200 miles an hour. From Wordnik.com. [THE TSUNAMI THREAT] Reference
Some 23.53% of the natural gas produced in the region (1.5 billion cubic feet a day) was shut in. From Wordnik.com. [Relief Well Drill Rig Heads Back to Gulf Leak Site] Reference
To help address this issue, our late colleague Hewitt Crane coined the term a "cubic mile of oil.". From Wordnik.com. [Our Energy Challenge, In Cubic Miles Of Oil] Reference
Now, Comcast and TCI are buying QVC, and Diller is expected to pack up his cubic zirconia and go home. From Wordnik.com. [It's Not Always Easy Being A Big Shot] Reference
There are 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lying undeveloped offshore. From Wordnik.com. [Our Tanks Are On Full] Reference
With 20 million cubic meters of freight to transport each year, the company decided to start its own railway. From Wordnik.com. [Road Wars] Reference
The approximately 25 billion barrels of oil the world consumes each year amounts to one cubic mile of oil (CMO). From Wordnik.com. [Our Energy Challenge, In Cubic Miles Of Oil] Reference
Water for industry is projected to increase in 2000 to 177 billion cubic meters from the 46 billion used in 1980. From Wordnik.com. [China By The Numbers: Portrait Of A Nation] Reference
The hatchback is amply sized, and the rear seats fully fold down to give an impressive 31.2 cubic feet of cargo space. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: Mazda3] Reference
With 8.8 cubic feet of storage and TomTom navigation built in, its zippiest model goes from zero to 60mph in eight seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Go Tiny, Go Far] Reference
They know that this Andean nation sits atop 1.6 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, enough to fuel South America for decades. From Wordnik.com. [Calculated Contradictions] Reference
That compares with the more than 105 billion cubic meters that Qatar, the world's largest LNG exporter, plans to ship this year. From Wordnik.com. [Iran Curbs LNG-Export Ambitions] Reference
But since its founding in 1959, Hefner's company GHK alone has discovered more than 3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas around the world. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Not ‘Star Wars’] Reference
These "synthetics" are distinguished from "simulants," such as glass or cubic zirconium, which merely imitate the appearance of precious gems. From Wordnik.com. [Green Lantern: Environmentally friendly jewelry includes synthetic gemstones] Reference
At the time the Fuel Use Act was being debated, my estimates were that the U.S. had 1,500 to 2,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas remaining. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Not ‘Star Wars’] Reference
"We didn't think it fit in with the rest of our programming," explains a spokesperson for the TV-pitch channel (read "not enough cubic zirconium"). From Wordnik.com. [The Clothes Make The Celeb (And You)] Reference
Some experts caution that the marriage of cubic zirconia with Court TV could be tricky, fearing that Best could end up a repository for schlock TV. From Wordnik.com. [He'll Shop Until He Drops] Reference
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