Cubic inch
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A cubic inch is an Imperial unit / U.S. customary unit (non-SI non-metric) of volume, used in the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 inch (1/36 yards, 1/12 feet, or 0.0254 metres) in length.
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Symbols
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
- cubic inches, cubic inch, cubic in
- cu inches, cu inch, cu in
- inches/-3, inch/-3, in/-3
- inches^3, inch^3, in^3
- inches³, inch³, in³
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Conversions
1 cubic inch is equivalent to:
- 0.0005787037037 cubic feet (1/1728)
- ≈0.0000214334705 cubic yards
- ≈0.00000000000000393146573 cubic miles
- ≈0.554112552 U.S. fluid ounces
- ≈0.069264069 U.S. cups
- ≈0.000465025413 U.S. bushels
- ≈0.00432900431 U.S. liquid gallons
- ≈1.0307153119047619047619047619048e-4 crude barrels
- 0.016387064 litres
- 16.387064 cubic centimetres
- ≈0.000016387064 cubic metres
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Examples
These examples reflect common engine sizes:
- 200 c.i. = 3.28 litres
- 350 c.i. = 5.74 litres
- 409 c.i. = 6.7 litres
- 426 c.i. = 6.98 litres
- 454 c.i. = 7.44 litres
- 1000cc = 61 c.i.
- 1600cc = 97.6 c.i.
- 2000cc = 122 c.i.
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See also
- 1 E-2 m³ for a comparison with other volumes
- Orders of magnitude (volume)
- Conversion of units
- Cube (arithmetic), cube root
- Square inchde:Kubikzoll