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. The Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of English units, first defined in the Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined (until 1959) and reduced. ... The U.S. customary units (more commonly known in the US as English units or standard units) are the non-metric units of measurement that are presently used in the United States, in some cases alongside the metric system of units. ... Cover of brochure The International System of Units. ... See: International System of Units, colloquially called the Metric System, and also metrication. ... Volume, also called capacity, is a quantification of how much space an object occupies. ... A cube (or regular hexahedron) is a three-dimensional 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 and U.S. customary unit of length. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... In general English usage, length (symbols: l, L) is but one particular instance of distance – an objects length is how long the object is – but in the physical sciences and engineering, the word length is in some contexts used synonymously with distance. Height is vertical distance; width (or breadth...

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

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.

See also

• 1 E-2 m³ for a comparison with other volumes
• Orders of magnitude (volume)
• Conversion of units
• Cube (arithmetic), cube root
  • Cubic equation, cubic function
• Square inch