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Cubic centimeter
Cubic centimeter
	A measuring cup holding 1000 cubic centimetres, that is one litre (1 L) or 1000 millilitres (1000 mL)
General information
Unit system	Prefixed SI derived unit
Unit of	Volume
Symbol	cm3, cc, ccm
Conversions
1 cm3 in ...	... is equal to ...
SI base units	1.0×10−6 m3
Imperial and U.S. customary	0.06102374 in3

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A cubic centimetre (or cubic centimeter in US English) (SI unit symbol: cm³; non-SI abbreviations: cc and ccm) is a commonly used unit of volume that corresponds to the volume of a cube that measures 1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm. One cubic centimetre corresponds to a volume of one millilitre. The mass of one cubic centimetre of water at 3.98 °C (the temperature at which it attains its maximum density) is almost equal to one gram.

One complete cycle of a straight-four engine. The areas marked in orange represent the displaced volumes.

In internal combustion engines, "cc" refers to the total volume of its engine displacement in cubic centimetres. The displacement can be calculated using the formula

d={\pi  \over 4}\times b^{2}\times s\times n

where $d$ is engine displacement, $b$ is the bore of the cylinders, $s$ is length of the stroke and $n$ is the number of cylinders.

Conversions

1 millilitre = 1 cm³
1 litre = 1000 cm³
1 cubic inch = 16.38706 cm³.

Unicode character

The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded by Unicode at code point U+33A4 ㎤ SQUARE CM CUBED.^[1]

References

^ Unicode Consortium (2019). "The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱" (PDF). Unicode.org. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

[Unicode-U3300-1] Unicode Consortium (2019). "The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱" (PDF). Unicode.org. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

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+{{Short description|Unit of volume}}
+{{More citations needed|date=February 2022}}
 {{Infobox unit
 | bgcolor      =
-| name         = Cubic centimetre
+| name         = Cubic centimeter
 | image        = Messbecher.png
-| caption      = A measuring cup holding 1000&nbsp;mL, that is one litre (1&nbsp;L) or 100&nbsp;cL
+| caption      = A measuring cup holding 1000 cubic centimetres, that is one litre (1&nbsp;L) or 1000 millilitres (1000&nbsp;mL)
 | standard     = Prefixed SI derived unit
 | quantity     = Volume
 | symbol       = cm<sup>3</sup>
-| symbol2      = ㎤
+| symbol2      = cc, ccm
 | extralabel   =
 | extradata    =
 | units1       = SI base units
-| inunits1     = {{convert|1|cm3|m3|disp=out|abbr=on}}
+| inunits1     = {{cvt|1|cm3|m3|disp=out}}
 | units2       = Imperial and U.S. customary
-| inunits2     = {{convert|1|cm3|in3|sigfig=7|disp=out|abbr=on}}
+| inunits2     = {{cvt|1|cm3|in3|sigfig=7|disp=out}}
 }}
+{{visualisation_litre_gram.svg|left}}
-A '''cubic centimetre''' (or '''cubic centimeter''' [[American and British English spelling differences|in US English]]) (SI unit symbol: '''cm<sup>3</sup>'''; non-SI abbreviations: '''cc''' and '''ccm''') is a commonly used [[unit of measurement|unit]] of [[volume]] that extends the derived [[International System of Units|SI]]-unit [[cubic metre]], and corresponds to the volume of a [[cube]] that measures 1&nbsp;[[centimetre|cm]] × 1&nbsp;cm × 1&nbsp;cm. One cubic centimetre corresponds to a volume of {{sfrac|1,000,000}} of a cubic metre, or {{sfrac|1,000}} of a [[litre]], or one [[millilitre]]; thus, 1&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup> ≡ 1&nbsp;mL.  The mass of one cubic centimetre of [[water]] at 3.98&nbsp;°C (the temperature at which it attains its [[maximum density]]) is closely equal to one gram. SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of any abbreviations for units.<ref name=BIPM2006>{{SIbrochure8th|page=130}}</ref> Hence '''cm<sup>3</sup>''' is preferred to '''cc''' or '''ccm'''.
+A '''cubic centimetre''' (or '''cubic centimeter''' [[American and British English spelling differences|in US English]]) (SI unit symbol: '''cm<sup>3</sup>'''; non-SI abbreviations: '''cc''' and '''ccm''') is a commonly used [[unit of measurement|unit]] of [[volume]] that corresponds to the volume of a [[cube]] that measures 1&nbsp;cm × 1&nbsp;cm × 1&nbsp;cm. One cubic [[centimetre]] corresponds to a volume of one [[millilitre]].  The mass of one cubic centimetre of water at 3.98&nbsp;°C (the temperature at which it attains its [[maximum density]]) is almost equal to one gram.
+[[Image:Displacement.gif|thumb|250px|One complete cycle of a [[straight-four engine]]. The areas marked in orange represent the displaced volumes.]]In [[internal combustion engine]]s, "cc" refers to the total volume of its [[engine displacement]] in cubic centimetres. The displacement can be calculated using the formula
-Many [[science|scientific]] disciplines have replaced cubic centimeter measurements with milliliters, but the [[medicine|medical]] and [[automotive industry|automotive]] fields in the United States still use the term cubic centimetre. Much of the automotive industry outside the U.S. has switched to litres. The United Kingdom uses millilitres in preference to cubic centimetres in the medical field, but not the automotive.  Most other English-speaking countries, as well as the Netherlands, follow the UK example.{{Citation Needed|date=September 2014}}
-There is currently a movement within the medical field to discontinue the use of cc in prescriptions and on medical documents, as it can be misread as "00". This could cause a hundredfold overdose of medication, which could be dangerous or even lethal. In the United States, such confusion accounts for 12.6% of all errors associated with medical abbreviations.<ref>
-{{Cite book|first=Luigi|last=Brunetti|first2=John|last2=Santell|first3=Rodney|last3=Hicks|editor-last=Stevenson|editor-first=James|title=The Impact of Abbreviations on Patient Safety|pages=8|volume=33|issue=9|date=September 2007|journal=The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety|url=http://psnet.ahrq.gov/public/Brunetti_JCJQPS_2007.pdf|format=PDF|postscript=<!--None-->|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911041705/http://psnet.ahrq.gov/public/Brunetti_JCJQPS_2007.pdf|archivedate=2008-09-11|df=}}</ref>
-[[Image:Displacement.gif|thumb|250px|One complete cycle of a four-cylinder, four-stroke engine. The areas marked in orange represent the displaced volumes.]]In [[Internal Combustion Engine|automobile engines]], "cc" refers to the total volume of its [[engine displacement]] in cubic centimetres. The displacement can be calculated using the formula
 :<math>d = {\pi \over 4} \times b^2 \times s \times n</math>
-where ''d'' is engine displacement, ''b'' is the bore of the cylinders, ''s'' is length of the stroke and ''n'' is the number of cylinders.
+where {{mvar|d}} is engine displacement, {{mvar|b}} is the bore of the cylinders, {{mvar|s}} is length of the stroke and {{mvar|n}} is the number of cylinders.
 '''Conversions'''
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 *1 [[litre|millilitre]] = 1&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup>
 *1 [[litre]] = 1000&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup>
-*1 [[cubic inch]] =  16.387&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup>.
+*1 [[cubic inch]] = {{cvt|1|in3|cm3|sigfig=7|disp=out}}.
 == Unicode character ==
-The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded by [[Unicode]] at code point {{unichar|33A4|Square CM Cubed}} ❰ {{resize|150%|㎤}} ❱.<ref name="Unicode-U3300">{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3300.pdf |access-date=May 24, 2019 |title=The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱ |author=Unicode Consortium |author-link=Unicode Consortium |date=2019 |website=Unicode.org}}</ref>
+The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded by [[Unicode]] at code point {{unichar|33A4|Square CM Cubed}}.<ref name="Unicode-U3300">{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3300.pdf |access-date=May 24, 2019 |title=The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱ |author=Unicode Consortium |author-link=Unicode Consortium |date=2019 |website=Unicode.org}}</ref>
 == See also ==
-* [[Centimetre]]
 * [[Cubic inch]]
-* [[Litre]]
 ==References==