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Cubic centimetre

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Cubic centimeter
A measuring cup holding 1000 cubic centimetres, that is one litre (1 L) or 1000 millilitres (1000 mL)
General information
Unit systemPrefixed SI derived unit
Unit ofVolume
Symbolcm3, cc, ccm
Conversions
1 cm3in...... is equal to...
SI base units1.0×10−6m3
Imperial and U.S. customary0.06102374 in3
Some SI units of volume to scale and approximate corresponding mass of water

Acubic centimetre(orcubic centimeterin US English) (SI unit symbol:cm3;non-SI abbreviations:ccandccm) is a commonly usedunitofvolumethat corresponds to the volume of acubethat measures 1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm. One cubiccentimetrecorresponds to a volume of onemillilitre.The mass of one cubic centimetre of water at 3.98 °C (the temperature at which it attains itsmaximum density) is almost equal to one gram.

One complete cycle of astraight-four engine.The areas marked in orange represent the displaced volumes.

Ininternal combustion engines,"cc" refers to the total volume of itsengine displacementin cubic centimetres. The displacement can be calculated using the formula

wheredis engine displacement,bis the bore of the cylinders,sis length of the stroke andnis the number of cylinders.

Conversions

Unicode character[edit]

The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded byUnicodeat code pointU+33A4SQUARE CM CUBED.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^Unicode Consortium(2019)."The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱"(PDF).Unicode.org.RetrievedMay 24,2019.