Cubic mile
A cubic mile (abbreviation: cu mi or mi3[1]) is an imperial and US customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 mile (5280 feet, 1760 yards or ~1.609 kilometres) in length.
Symbols
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used.
- cubic mile
- cu mile
- cu mi
- mile/-3
- mi/-3
- mile^3
- mi^3
- mile3
- mi3
See also
- Square mile
- for a comparison with other volumes
- Conversion of units#Volume
- Cube (arithmetic)
ReferencesOrders of magnitude (volume)
- ↑ Suplee, Curtis (2009-07-02). "Special Publication 811". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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