Cubic Feet Conversion

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Cubic Feet

Abbreviation/Symbol:

There is no universally agreed symbol for the cubic foot/feet.

Various abbreviations are used, dependent on context, including (but not exclusively) cubic ft, cu ft, cb ft, cbf, ft3, foot3, feet³, ft³.

Unit of:

Volume

Wordwide use:

The cubic foot is used mainly in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as a measurement of volume.

Definition:

A cubic measurement is the three-dimensional derivative of a linear measure, so a cubic foot is defined as the volume of a cube with sides 1 ft in length.

In metric terms a cubic foot is a cube with sides 0.3048 metres in length. One cubic foot is the equivalent to approximately 0.02831685 cubic metres, or 28.3169 litres.

Origin:

Common references:

A standard (20 ft x 8ft x 8 ft 6 in) shipping container has a volume of 1,360 cubic feet.

19-22 cubic feet would describe an average size refrigerator sufficient for a family of four.

Usage context:

The cubic foot is used mainly in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as a measurement of volume.

 

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