The cubic metre (in
Commonwealth English
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Many ...
and international spelling as used by the
International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in
American English
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) is the unit 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 ...
in the
International System of Units
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(SI).
[ Its symbol is m3.][ Bureau International de Poids et Mesures.]
Derived units expressed in terms of base units
". 2014. Accessed 7 August 2014. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefix
A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today are decadic. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to any unit symbol. The pr ...
es, was the stère, still sometimes used for dry measure (for instance, in reference to wood
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an or