A cubic mile (abbreviation: cu mi or mi
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Volume is a measure of regions in three-dimensional space. It is often quantified numerically using SI derived units (such as the cubic metre and litre) or by various imperial or US customary units (such as the gallon, quart, cubic inch) ...
, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube
A cube or regular hexahedron is a three-dimensional space, three-dimensional solid object in geometry, which is bounded by six congruent square (geometry), square faces, a type of polyhedron. It has twelve congruent edges and eight vertices. It i ...
with sides of length, giving a volume of .
Conversions
See also
* Square mile
* Orders of magnitude
In a ratio scale based on powers of ten, the order of magnitude is a measure of the nearness of two figures. Two numbers are "within an order of magnitude" of each other if their ratio is between 1/10 and 10. In other words, the two numbers are wi ...
for a comparison with other volumes
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* Cube (arithmetic)
In arithmetic and algebra, the cube of a number is its third exponentiation, power, that is, the result of multiplying three instances of together.
The cube of a number is denoted , using a superscript 3, for example . The cube Mathematical ...
** Cube root
** Cubic equation
In algebra, a cubic equation in one variable is an equation of the form
ax^3+bx^2+cx+d=0
in which is not zero.
The solutions of this equation are called roots of the cubic function defined by the left-hand side of the equation. If all of th ...
** Cubic function
References
{{United States Customary Units
Units of volume
Imperial units
Customary units of measurement in the United States