Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metric_capacity_unit

1 sense of metric capacity unit

Sense 1
metric capacity unit -- (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)
       => volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit -- (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)
       => metric unit, metric -- (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric")