A cubic centimetre (or cubic centimeter
in US English) (SI unit symbol: cm
3; non-SI abbreviations: cc and ccm) is a commonly used
unit
Unit may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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* Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
Music
* ''Unit'' (a ...
of
volume
Volume is a measure of occupied three-dimensional space. It is often quantified numerically using SI derived units (such as the cubic metre and litre) or by various imperial or US customary units (such as the gallon, quart, cubic inch). Th ...
that corresponds to the volume of a
cube that measures 1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm. One cubic
centimetre
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A centimetre (international spelling) or centimeter (American spellin ...
corresponds to a volume of one
millilitre
The litre (international spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metre (m3) ...
. The mass of one cubic centimetre of water at 3.98 °C (the temperature at which it attains its
maximum density The maximum density of a substance is the highest attainable density of the substance under given conditions.
Attaining maximum density
Almost all known substances undergo thermal expansion in response to heating, meaning that a given mass of subs ...
) is almost equal to one gram.
In
internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit. In an internal c ...
s, "cc" refers to the total volume of its
engine displacement
Engine displacement is the measure of the cylinder volume swept by all of the pistons of a piston engine, excluding the combustion chambers. It is commonly used as an expression of an engine's size, and by extension as a loose indicator of the ...
in cubic centimetres. The displacement can be calculated using the formula
:
where is engine displacement, is the bore of the cylinders, is length of the stroke and is the number of cylinders.
Conversions
*1
millilitre
The litre (international spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metre (m3) ...
= 1 cm
3
*1
litre
The litre (international spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metre (m3 ...
= 1000 cm
3
*1
cubic inch
The cubic inch (symbol in3) is a unit of volume in the Imperial units and United States customary units systems. It is the volume of a cube with each of its three dimensions (length, width, and height) being one inch long which is equivalent ...
= .
Unicode character
The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded by
Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, wh ...
at code point .
See also
*
Cubic inch
The cubic inch (symbol in3) is a unit of volume in the Imperial units and United States customary units systems. It is the volume of a cube with each of its three dimensions (length, width, and height) being one inch long which is equivalent ...
References
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Units of volume
SI derived units
Centimetre–gram–second system of units