›› Measurement unit: cubic centimetre

Full name: cubic centimetre

Plural form: cubic centimeters

Symbol: cm3

Alternate spelling: cc

Category type: volume

Scale factor: 1.0E-6


›› SI unit: cubic meter

The SI derived unit for volume is the cubic meter.
1 cubic meter is equal to 1000000 cubic centimetre.


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›› Definition: Cubic centimeter

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".


›› Sample conversions: cubic centimetre

cubic centimetre to cubic dekametre
cubic centimetre to pony
cubic centimetre to centiliter
cubic centimetre to kilolitro
cubic centimetre to barrel [UK]
cubic centimetre to acre foot
cubic centimetre to quarter [UK, liquid]
cubic centimetre to cubic mile
cubic centimetre to billion cubic metre
cubic centimetre to liter


›› Common misspellings of cubic centimetre

cubic centremetre
cubic centermetre
cubiccentimetre
cubed centemetre
cubic cenimetre
cubic centmetre
cubic cetimetre
cubic centemetre
cubic centimtre
cubic cemtimetre
cubic centametre

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