A cubic meter was a unit of volume defined as a cube measuring one meter per side (m3).
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- 10-60 cubic meters: Ensign Garrovick estimated that the dikironium cloud creature measured from 10 to 60 cubic meters as it fluctuated in size as it moved. (TOS: "Obsession")
- 15-20 cubic meters: When the crew was forced to take shelter in the ship's catwalk, T'Pol allowed Doctor Phlox fifteen cubic meters of space for his medical supply. Phlox later discussed this with T'Pol and she increased his allotment to twenty cubic meters, to which he acknowledged, stating, "my Edosian slugs thank you." (ENT: "The Catwalk")
- 49.5 cubic meters: The Angosian escape pod detected by the USS Enterprise-D in 2366 was described as being "a cylindrical object approximately seven meters in length and three meters in diameter." (TNG: "The Hunted")
This figure is calculated based on the presences of all given measurements necessary to determine the volume of a cylinder: π × radius squared × length.
- 12,000 cubic meters: The four prototype polaron emitters Benjamin Sisko planned to use to expose Klingon Chancellor Gowron as a Changeling, covered an area of about 12,000 cubic meters once activated. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising")
- 1.225043 million cubic meters: Balok's cube measured as a solid cube, with each of its edges measuring 107 meters. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")
This figure is calculated based on the presences of all given measurements necessary to determine the volume of a cube: length cubed.
- 20 million cubic meters: While charting the Arachnid Nebula, T'Pol's sensor readings indicated over 20 million cubic meters of disodium, as well as traces of ethylchlorate. (ENT: "Fusion")
- 46 million cubic meters: While monitoring the growth of Junior on the hull on the Enterprise-D, Worf informed Captain Jean-Luc Picard that the creature's total volume had increased by 8.5% in the previous three hours, and that it currently measured at 46 million cubic meters. (TNG: "Galaxy's Child")
Based on the given information, the creature had grown 3.91 million cubic meters over three hours.
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- Cubic meters per second
- eV per cubic meter
- Particles per cubic meter