Unit of volume

Unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity

6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.)

A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions. Units of capacity may be used to specify the volume of fluids or bulk goods, for example water, rice, sugar, grain or flour.

Units

According to the SI system, the base unit for measuring length is the metre. The SI unit of volume is thus the cubic metre, which is a derived unit, where:^[1]

1 m³ = 1 m • 1 m • 1 m.

Comparison

Forestry and timber industry

British Commonwealth

• Hoppus, cubic foot measure used in the British Empire and, nowadays, some Commonwealth countries for timber.

Germany

• Festmeter (fm), a unit of volume for logs
  • Erntefestmeter (Efm), a unit of volume for trees or forests which assumes a 10% loss due to bark and 10% during the felling process.
  • Vorratsfestmeter (Vfm), a unit of volume for trees or forests based on measurements including the bark.
• Raummeter (rm), or stere (stacked firewood) = 0.7 m³ (stacked woodpile with air spaces)
  • Schüttmeter, or Schüttraummeter (piled wood with air spaces)

USA and Canada

• Board foot, unit of lumber
• Cord, a unit of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood
• Cubic yard, equal to 27 cu ft

See also

• Faggot (unit)
• History of measurement
• List of unusual units of measurement#Volume
• Orders of magnitude (volume)
• Metre Convention
• Physical quantity

References

1. SI Units - Volume at nist.gov. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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