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The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. In the United States it is spelled cubic meter. An alternate name, which allowed a different usage with SI prefixes, was the stère. Another alternate name, not widely used anymore, is the kilolitre, spelled kiloliter in the United States.

Conversions

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1 cubic metre is equivalent to:
  • 1,000 litres (exactly); 1 litre = 0.001 m³ (exactly)
  • ~35.3 cubic feet (approximately); 1 cubic foot (1 ft³)= 0.028 316 846 592 m³ (exactly)
  • ~1.31 cubic yards (approximately); 1 cubic yard = 0.764 554 857 984 m³ (exactly)
  • ~6.29 oil barrels (approximately); 1 barrel = 0.158 987 294 928 m³ (exactly)
A cubic metre of pure water at the temperature of maximum density (3.98 °C) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa) has a mass of 1000 kg, or one tonne. At 0 °C, the freezing point of water, it is slightly less, 999.972 kg.

It is sometimes abbreviated to cu m, m3, m^3 or m**3 when superscript characters or markup are not available/accessible (i.e. in some typewritten documents and postings in Usenet newsgroups).

Abbreviated CBM in the freight business and MTQ (or numeric code 49) in international trade.

Multiples and submultiples

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See 1 E-3 m³ for a comparison with other volumes.

Multiples

  • A cubic dekametre (dam³) is 1 000 cubic metres, and is equal to the volume of a cube of side length 1 dekametre (10 metres).
  • A cubic hectometre (hm³) is the volume equal to that of a cube of side length 1 hectometre (100 metres). 1 hm³ is 1 000 X 10 6 liters (see Giga litre). 1 000 cubic dekametres is 1 cubic hectometre (hm³) and 1 000 cubic hectometres is 1 cubic kilometre (km³).
  • A cubic kilometre (km³) is the volume equal to that of a cube of side length 1 kilometre.

Submultiples

  • A cubic decimetre (dm³) is the volume of a cube of side length 1 decimetre (0.1 metre). 1 cubic decimetre is equal to 1 litre.
  • From 1901 to 1964 the litre was defined as the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees Celsius and 760 millimetres of mercury pressure. During this time, a litre was about 1.000028 dm3. In 1964 the original definition was reverted to.
  • A cubic centimetre (cm³) is equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centimetre. It was the base unit of volume of the CGS system of units, and is a legitimate SI unit. It is equal to a millilitre (ml).
  • The colloquial abbreviations cc and ccm are not SI but are common in some contexts. It is a verbal shorthand for "cubic centimetre". For example 'cc' is commonly used for denoting displacement of car and motorbike engines "the Mini Cooper had a 1275 cc engine". In medicine 'cc' is also common, for example "100 cc of blood loss".
  • A cubic millimetre (mm³) is the volume equal to that of a cube with edges of 1 millimetre. It is equal to a microlitre (µl).
SI derived unit cubic metre, from base unit metre Orders of magnitude for volume Conversion of units for volume
1 E-45 m = 1 fm1 E-36 m = 1 pm1 E-27 m = 1 nm1 E-18 m = 1 m1 E-9 m = 1 mm1 E0 m = 1 m1 E+9 m = 1 km1 E+18 m = 1 Mm1 E+27 m = 1 Gm1 E+36 m = 1 Tm1 E+45 m = 1 Pm
10 fm10 pm10 nm10 m10 mm10 m10 km10 Mm10 Gm10 Tm1 E+50 m
100 fm100 pm100 nm100 m100 mm100 m100 km100 Mm100 Gm100 Tm1 E+54 m = 1 Em
1,000 fm1,000 pm1,000 nm1,000 m1,000 mm=1 cm1,000 m=1 dam1,000 km1,000 Mm1,000 Gm1,000 Tm1 E+60 m
10,000 fm10,000 pm10,000 nm10,000 m10,000 mm=10 cm10,000 m=10 dam10,000 km10,000 Mm10,000 Gm10,000 Tm1 E+63 m = 1 Zm
100,000 fm100,000 pm100,000 nm100,000 m100,000 mm=100 cm100,000 m=100 dam100,000 km100,000 Mm100,000 Gm100,000 Tm1 E+70 m
1,000,000 fm1,000,000 pm1,000,000 nm1,000,000 m1,000,000 mm=1 dm1,000,000 m=1 hm1,000,000 km1,000,000 Mm1,000,000 Gm1,000,000 Tm1 E+72 m = 1 Ym
10,000,000 fm10,000,000 pm10,000,000 nm10,000,000 m10,000,000 mm=10 dm10,000,000 m=10 hm10,000,000 km10,000,000 Mm10,000,000 Gm10,000,000 Tm1 E+80 m
100,000,000 fm100,000,000 pm100,000,000 nm100,000,000 m100,000,000 mm=100 dm100,000,000 m=100 hm100,000,000 km100,000,000 Mm100,000,000 Gm100,000,000 Tm
1 E-6 m = 1 cm = 1 mL = 1 E-3 L • 1 E-5 m = 10 cm = 1 cL = 1 E-2 L • 1 E-4 m = 100 cm = 1 dL = 1 E-1 L • 1 E-3 m = 1 dm = 1 L = 1 E0 L • 1 E-2 m = 10 dm = 1 daL = 1 E+1 L • 1 E-1 m = 100 dm = 1 hL = 1 E+2 L • 1 E0 m = 1 m = 1 kL = 1 E+3 L

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SI derived units are part of the SI system of measurement units and are derived from the seven SI base units.

Dimensionless derived units

The following SI units are actually dimensionless ratios, formed by dividing two identical SI units.
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The volume of a solid object is the three-dimensional concept of how much space it occupies, often quantified numerically. One-dimensional figures (such as lines) and two-dimensional shapes (such as squares) are assigned zero volume in the three-dimensional space.
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cube[1] is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each . The cube can also be called a regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids.
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1 metre =
SI units
1000 mm 0 cm
US customary / Imperial units
0 ft 0 in
The metre or meter[1](symbol: m) is the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
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Length is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end. This may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth
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An SI prefix (also known as a metric prefix) is a name or associated symbol that precedes a unit of measure (or its symbol) to form a decimal multiple or submultiple.
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Conversion of units refers to conversion factors between different units of measurement for the same quantity.

Techniques

The simplest way to convert from one unit to another is to carry through the units themselves in the mathematical operation.
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The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. There are two official symbols, namely the Latin letter L both in lower and upper case: l and L.
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A cubic foot is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 foot (0.3048 m) in length.
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A cubic yard is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada, and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 metres) in length.
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barrel is the name of several units of volume:
  • Oil barrel: 42 U.S. gallons, 158.9873 litres,[1] or 34.97231575 Imperial (UK) gallons.
  • UK beer barrel: 36 UK gallons (163.7 litres).
  • US beer barrel: 31½ U.S. gallons (117.

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Water is a common chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life.[1] In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor.
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Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale
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Atmospheric pressure is the pressure at any point in the Earth's atmosphere. In most circumstances atmospheric pressure is closely approximated by the hydrostatic pressure caused by the weight of air above the measurement point.
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Mass is a fundamental concept in physics, roughly corresponding to the intuitive idea of "how much matter there is in an object". Mass is a central concept of classical mechanics and related subjects, and there are several definitions of mass within the framework of relativistic
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kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the SI base unit of mass. The kilogram is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK), which is almost exactly equal to the mass of one liter of water.
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tonne (t) or metric ton (M/T), also referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI.
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subscript or superscript is a number, figure, symbol, or indicator that appears smaller than the normal line of type and is set slightly below or above it – subscripts appear below the baseline, while superscripts are above.
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glyph is the shape given in a particular typeface to a specific grapheme or symbol.

The term for the abstract entity represented by a glyph is character: a typographical character may be a grapheme (an element of a writing system), but also a numeral, a punctuation
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markup.

For generic discussions of markup in various contexts, see:
  • Markup language — a type of language that describes a document's formatting
  • Markup (business) — a term for the increase in the price of goods to create a profit margin for a business.

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Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, decentralized, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name. It was conceived by Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979.
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Freight is a term used to classify the transportation of cargo and is typically a commercial process. Items are usually organised into various shipment categories before they are transported.
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An SI prefix (also known as a metric prefix) is a name or associated symbol that precedes a unit of measure (or its symbol) to form a decimal multiple or submultiple.
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1 E-3 m³
  • 1 cubic decimetre (1 L = 1 dm³).
  • Multiples: 10-3 m³
  • Submultiples:
  • 1,000 cm³

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    • cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. In the United States it is spelled cubic meter. An alternate name, which allowed a different usage with SI prefixes, was the stère.
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    cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. In the United States it is spelled cubic meter. An alternate name, which allowed a different usage with SI prefixes, was the stère.
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    The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. There are two official symbols, namely the Latin letter L both in lower and upper case: l and L.
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    Giga- (symbol: G) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 109, or 1,000,000,000 (1 billion). The Oxford English Dictionary reports the earliest written use of giga- in this sense to be in the Reports of the IUPAC 14th Conference in 1947: "The
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    cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. In the United States it is spelled cubic meter. An alternate name, which allowed a different usage with SI prefixes, was the stère.
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    The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. There are two official symbols, namely the Latin letter L both in lower and upper case: l and L.
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