cubic millimeter

Thân thiện

A scientist carefully measures a cubic millimeter of liquid in a lab.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A metric unit of volume: A cubic millimeter is a unit of volume in the metric system. It represents the volume of a cube whose edges are each one millimeter in length. It is a very small unit of measurement.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • A single raindrop has a volume of about 100 cubic millimeters.
  • The engineer calculated the displacement in cubic millimeters.
  • This tiny chip can store data in a space smaller than a cubic millimeter.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific and Technical Contexts: The term "cubic millimeter" is primarily used in precise scientific, engineering, and medical fields to measure very small volumes, such as in microfluidics, material science, or describing the size of biological cells or microchips.
• Abbreviation: It is commonly abbreviated as mm³ (with the superscript '3').
  • The sample size required is only 5 mm³.

Variants and Related Words

• Cubic centimetre (cc or cm³): A larger metric unit of volume, equal to 1,000 cubic millimeters.
• Millilitre (mL): A unit of volume equal to one cubic centimetre (1,000 mm³).
• Microliter (µL): A unit of volume equal to one cubic millimeter (1 mm³ = 1 µL).

Synonyms

• Microliter (µL): In the context of liquid volume, one cubic millimeter is equivalent to one microliter. This synonym is frequently used in chemistry and biology.
• Cubic millimetre: The British English spelling variant.

Related Phrases and Contexts

• Cubic millimeter of blood: A phrase used in medical reports to indicate a count of cells (like red blood cells) per a specific, tiny volume.
  • The patient's red blood cell count was 5 million per cubic millimeter.
• In cubic millimeters: A prepositional phrase used to specify the unit of measurement.
  • Express your answer in cubic millimeters.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cubic millimetre