Cubic meter

The cubic meter (symbol: m³) is a unit of volume. It corresponds to the volume of a cube with an edge of one meter. It is the coherent unit of the International System of Units for volume. It is equivalent to one kiloliter (1000 liters).

Symbol and abbreviations

Its symbol is exclusively m³. Being a symbol, it does not admit a point, capital letter or plural. The full name cubic meter or the aforementioned symbol must be used. It is occasionally incorrectly abbreviated as "m3", "M3", "m^3", or "CBM" when superscripts and markup language are not possible (for example, in some typed documents or in groups News Usenet, or in Logistics sectors).

Equivalences

• 1 000 000 000 mm3
• 1 000 000 cm3
• 1000 dm3
• 0.001 dam3
• 0,000 001 hm3
• 0,000 000 001 km3

Multiples and submultiples of the cubic meter

Multiple

• Cubic diameter
• Cubic hectometer
• Cubic kilometres

Submultiplos

• Cubic decimeter
• cubic centimeter
• Cubic millimeter