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CUBIC INCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cubic inch mean?
• CUBIC INCH (noun)
The noun CUBIC INCH has 1 sense:
1. the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side
Familiarity information: CUBIC INCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The volume equal to a cube one inch on each side
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
cu in; cubic inch
Hypernyms ("cubic inch" is a kind of...):
capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)
Context examples
The US minim is equal to 0.003 760 cubic inch or 61.610 microliters.
(Minim, NCI Thesaurus)
A United States liquid unit equal to 16 US fluid ounces or 28.875 cubic inches or approximately 473.177 milliliters.
(Pint, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A volume equal to 1/8 Brisith fluid ounce, 0.216 734 cubic inches or 3.551 633 milliliters.
(Fluid Dram British, NCI Thesaurus)
A traditional unit of volume equal to 20 British fluid ounces, 34.678 cubic inches or approximately 568.261 milliliters.
(Pint British, NCI Thesaurus)
The US unit of liquid volume legally defined as 3785.411784 milliliters (3.785 411 784 liters), or 231 cubic inches.
(Gallon US, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of volume equal to one millionth (10E-6) of a cubic meter, one thousandth of a liter, one cubic centimeter, or 0.061023 7 cubic inch.
(Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A historical British unit of dry volume equal to 4 dry quarts, or 1/8 of a US bushel (Winchester bushel), or 268.8025 cubic inches, or 4404.88377086 milliliters.
(Gallon Historical, NCI Thesaurus)
A traditional unit of volume designed to contain 10 pounds of distilled water under precisely defined conditions and equal to 4.546 091 liters, 277.4194 cubic inches, or 1.20095 US liquid gallons, or 1.03206 US dry gallons.
(Gallon British, NCI Thesaurus)
A traditional unit of volume equal to 1728 cubic inches, or 1/27 cubic yard, or 0.028 316 85 cubic meter (28.316 85 liters).
(Cubic Foot, NCI Thesaurus)
The unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter or 10 milliliters or 10 cubic centimeters or 0.6102 cubic inch.
(Centiliter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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