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stere

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From French stère, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.

noun steres

obsolete A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre. It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are, litre, and stere, all the others having certain relations to these, being equal to them taken 10, 100, 1000, &c. times, […]

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noun unit of volume for wood equivalent to a cubic metre

Español	estéreo
Français	stère
Deutsch	Ster
Italiano	stero

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"stere." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stere. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{stere_2026,
  title = {stere},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stere},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}