A unit of volume measurement equal to one hundredth of a cubic meter, or 10 liters.
From Latin 'centum' (hundred) + 'stere' (from Greek 'stereos,' solid). The stere is an old metric unit primarily used for measuring wood volume. The centistere is rarely used in modern times after the liter became the standard metric volume unit.
This word is basically obsolete now—it's like discovering an old measuring cup that nobody uses anymore because we all switched to using liters instead!
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