standard

Units whose names are phrases beginning with the adjective “standard” are listed under the word modified by “standard.” For example, for the standard atmosphere, see atmosphere, standard.

In Norway and Sweden, 19th – 20th centuries, a unit of capacity used for sawn wood = 165 cubic feet, about 4.672 cubic meters.

United Nations, 1966.

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The other countries, with the exception of Canada, which showed a shortage of some 30,000 standards (standard = 165 cubic feet), supplied about the same quantity in 1913 as in the previous year.

Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
Nos. 75-151; Volume 2; April, May and June 1913.
Washington: U.S.G.P.O., 1913.
Page 1221. Report 132, June 7, 1913.