Wiktionary
n. A unit of volume equal to that of a cube with each edge one inch long.
WordNet
n. the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side [syn: cu in]
Wikipedia
The cubic inch is a unit of measurement for volume in the Imperial units and United States customary units systems. It is the volume of a cube with each of its three dimensions (length, width, and depth) being one inch long.
The cubic inch and the cubic foot are still used as units of volume in the United States, although the common SI units of volume, the liter, milliliter, and cubic meter, are also used, especially in manufacturing and high technology.
One cubic foot is equal to exactly 1,728 cubic inches because 12 = 1,728.
Usage examples of "cubic inch".
This, with the twelfth of alloy already established, will make the dollar or unit, of the weight of an ounce, or of a cubic inch of rain water, exactly.
A man generates more heat inside each cubic inch of his body than the Sun does in each cubic inch of its surface.
Sirius B is a white dwarf star, the first one discovered, and its average density is several tons per cubic inch.
This time Gly struck Pitt in the upper stomach, knocking every cubic inch of wind from him.
They would have a radius of only ten miles or so and a density of hundreds of millions of tons per cubic inch.
It wasn't just a question of using a monotonous food stock because in that way more calories could be packed to the cubic inch.
It wasnt just a question of using a monotonous food stock because in that way more calories could be packed to the cubic inch.