A cubic centimetre (or cubic centimeter in US English) (SI unit symbol: cm<sup>3</sup>; 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.
thumb|250px|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
<math display=block>d = {\pi \over 4} b^2 s n,</math>
where is engine displacement, is the bore of the cylinders, is length of the stroke and is the number of cylinders.
Conversions
- 1 millilitre = 1 cm<sup>3</sup>
- 1 litre = 1000 cm<sup>3</sup>
- 1 cubic inch = .
Unicode character
The "cubic centimetre" symbol is encoded by Unicode at code point .
See also
- Cubic inch