A cubic inch is the volume of a cube which is one inch long on each edge. It is equal to 16.387064 cm³. Volume (also called capacity) is a quantification of how much space an object occupies. ... Three dimensions A cube (or hexahedron) is a Platonic solid composed of six square faces, with three meeting at each vertex. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial unit of length. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists volumes between 10-5 cubic metres and 10-4 cubic metres (10 cubic centimetres and 100 cubic centimetres). ...

Historically, internal combustion engines produced in the United States had their engine displacements stated in cubic inches. In the case of automobile engines, this ceased by the 1980s, after which displacements have been stated in litres. The terminology continues to be used for older vehicles. The United Kingdom, however, used litres or cubic centimetres almost exclusively from the beginning, which was perhaps indicative of the British car industry's continental ties and sales aspirations. A colorized automobile engine An internal combustion engine is an engine that is powered by the expansion of hot combustion products of fuel directly acting within an engine. ... Engine displacement is defined as the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle; it is normally stated in cubic inches, cubic centimeters, or litres. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The litre (or liter in US) is a metric unit of volume. ... A cubic centimetre (cm3) is an SI derived unit of volume, equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centi metre. ...