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CUBIC INCH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The volume equal to a cube one inch on each side

Synonyms:

cu in; cubic inch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("cubic inch" is a kind of...):

capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A unit of volume equal to 1/8 fluid ounce, 0.225 586 cubic inch or 3.696 691 milliliters.

(Fluid Dram US, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the British Imperial system to 1/20 pint, or 1.733 871 cubic inches or 28.413 063 milliliters.

(Fluid Ounce British, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the US customary system to 1/16 pint, or 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.

(Fluid Ounce US, NCI Thesaurus)

One centiliter is equivalent to 0.6102 cubic inch, or 0.338 U.S. fluid ounce.

(Centiliter, NCI Thesaurus)

One liter is equal to cubic decimeter, or one thousandth of cubic meter, or 1000 cubic centimeters, or approximately 61.023 744 cubic inches.

(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)