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CUBIC CENTIMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
Synonyms:
cc; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; mil; milliliter; millilitre; ml
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("cubic centimeter" is a kind of...):
metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)
Meronyms (parts of "cubic centimeter"):
cubic millimeter; cubic millimetre (a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge)
Holonyms ("cubic centimeter" is a part of...):
centiliter; centilitre; cl (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)
Context examples:
One thousand cubic centimeters equal one liter.
(Cubic centimeter, NCI Dictionary)
Gas inside the bubble is very thin (0.001 atoms per cubic centimeter) and very hot (roughly a million degrees)—a sharp departure from ordinary interstellar material.
(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)
One liter is equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (cc), 1,000 milliliters (mm), or 1.0567 quarts (qt).
(Liter, NCI Dictionary)
A traditional unit of volume equal to 16.3871 cubic centimeters, or 0.5541 US fluid ounce.
(Cubic Inch, NCI Thesaurus)
It is equal to 1,000 liters; 1,000 cubic decimeters; 10(e+6) cubic centimeters; 25.3 cubic feet; 6.29 barrels.
(Cubic Meter, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-SI unit of volume equal to 0.5 cubic decimeter, or 500 cubic centimeters.
(Half Liter, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of volume of water equal to one millionth (10E-6) of a cubic meter of water, one thousandth of a liter of water, one cubic centimeter of water, or 0.061023 7 cubic inch of water.
(Milliliter of Water, NCI Thesaurus)
A cubic centimeter is the CGS unit of volume.
(Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also a unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one milligram occupies the volume one cubic deciliter or 100 cubic centimeters.
(Milligram per Deciliter, NCI Thesaurus)
