Cubic centimetre
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Cubic centimeter | |
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![]() A measuring cup holding 1000 cubic centimetres, that is one litre (1 L) or 1000 millilitres (1000 mL) | |
General information | |
Unit system | Prefixed SI derived unit |
Unit of | Volume |
Symbol | cm3, cc, ccm |
Conversions | |
1 cm3in... | ... is equal to... |
SI base units | 1.0×10−6m3 |
Imperial and U.S. customary | 0.06102374 in3 |
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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.
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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
- 1millilitre= 1 cm3
- 1litre= 1000 cm3
- 1cubic inch= 16.38706 cm3.
Unicode character[edit]
The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded byUnicodeat code pointU+33A4㎤SQUARE CM CUBED.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^Unicode Consortium(2019)."The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱"(PDF).Unicode.org.RetrievedMay 24,2019.