The calculator converts volume units. The most commonly used metric units are the liter and the cubic meter. A liter is equal to 1 cubic decimeter, a cubic meter is equal to 1,000 liters. A hectoliter is equal to 100 liters.

The Anglo-American system uses historical units, which in the United States and Great Britain, despite the same name, represent different volumes. In America, moreover, a different system of volume units for liquid and solids(for example, grain). For example, one pint can represent three different volume values. In the translation table, the individual systems are clearly separated.

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1 cubic meter [m³] = 1000000 cubic centimeter [cm³]

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cubic meter cubic kilometer cubic decimeter cubic centimeter cubic millimeter liter exaliliter petalitre teralitre gigaliliter megaliter kiloliter hectoliter deciliter deciliter centiliter milliliter microliter nanoliter picoliter femtoliter attoliter cubic cm drop barrel (petroleum) barrel American barrel British American gallon British quart US quart British pint US pin that British glass American glass (metric) glass British fluid ounce US fluid ounce British tablespoon amer. tablespoon (meter) tablespoon brit. American dessert spoon Brit dessert spoon teaspoon Amer. teaspoon metric teaspoon brit. gill, gill American gill, gill British minim American minim British cubic mile cubic yard cubic foot cubic inch register ton 100 cubic feet 100-foot cube acre-foot acre-foot (US, geodetic) acre-inch decaster ster decister cord tan hogshead plank foot drachma kor (biblical unit) homer (biblical unit) baht (biblical unit) gin (biblical unit) kab (biblical unit) log (biblical unit) glass (Spanish) volume of the Earth Planck volume cubic astronomical unit cubic parsec cubic kiloparsec cubic megaparsec cubic gigaparsec barrel bucket damask quarter wine bottle vodka bottle glass charka shalik

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General information

Volume is the space occupied by a substance or object. Volume can also refer to the free space inside a container. Volume is a three-dimensional quantity, unlike, for example, length, which is two-dimensional. Therefore, the volume of flat or two-dimensional objects is zero.

Volume units

cubic meter

The SI unit of volume is the cubic meter. The standard definition of one cubic meter is the volume of a cube with edges one meter long. Derived units such as cubic centimeters are also widely used.

Liter

The liter is one of the most commonly used units in the metric system. It is equal to the volume of a cube with edges 10 cm long:
1 liter = 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm = 1000 cubic centimeters

This is the same as 0.001 cubic meters. The mass of one liter of water at a temperature of 4°C is approximately equal to one kilogram. Milliliters, equal to one cubic centimeter or 1/1000 of a liter, are also often used. Milliliter is usually denoted as ml.

Jill

Gills are units of volume used in the United States to measure alcoholic beverages. One jill is five fluid ounces in the British Imperial system or four in the American system. One American jill is equal to a quarter of a pint or half a cup. Irish pubs serve strong drinks in portions of a quarter jill, or 35.5 milliliters. In Scotland, portions are smaller - one fifth of a jill, or 28.4 milliliters. In England, until recently, portions were even smaller, just one-sixth of a jill or 23.7 milliliters. Now, it’s 25 or 35 milliliters, depending on the rules of the establishment. The owners can decide for themselves which of the two portions to serve.

Dram

Dram, or drachma, is a measure of volume, mass, and also a coin. In the past, this measure was used in pharmacy and was equal to one teaspoon. Later, the standard volume of a teaspoon changed, and one spoon became equal to 1 and 1/3 drachms.

Volumes in cooking

Liquids in cooking recipes are usually measured by volume. Bulk and dry products in the metric system, on the contrary, are measured by mass.

Teaspoon

The volume of a teaspoon is different in different measurement systems. Initially, one teaspoon was a quarter of a tablespoon, then - one third. It is the latter volume that is now used in American system measurements. This is approximately 4.93 milliliters. In American dietetics, the size of a teaspoon is 5 milliliters. In the UK it is common to use 5.9 milliliters, but some diet guides and cookbooks use 5 milliliters. The size of a teaspoon used in cooking is usually standardized in each country, but different sizes of spoons are used for food.

Tablespoon

The volume of a tablespoon also varies depending on the geographic region. So, for example, in America, one tablespoon is three teaspoons, half an ounce, approximately 14.7 milliliters, or 1/16 of an American cup. Tablespoons in UK, Canada, Japan, South Africa and New Zealand - also contain three teaspoons. So, a metric tablespoon is 15 milliliters. A British tablespoon is 17.7 milliliters, if a teaspoon is 5.9, and 15 if a teaspoon is 5 milliliters. Australian tablespoon - ⅔ ounce, 4 teaspoons, or 20 milliliters.

Cup

As a measure of volume, cups are not defined as strictly as spoons. The volume of the cup can vary from 200 to 250 milliliters. A metric cup is 250 milliliters, and an American cup is slightly smaller, approximately 236.6 milliliters. In American dietetics, the volume of a cup is 240 milliliters. In Japan, cups are even smaller - only 200 milliliters.

Quarts and gallons

Gallons and quarts also have different sizes depending on the geographic region where they are used. In the Imperial system of measurement, one gallon is equal to 4.55 liters, and in the American system of measurements - 3.79 liters. Fuel is generally measured in gallons. A quart is equal to a quarter of a gallon and, accordingly, 1.1 liters in the American system, and approximately 1.14 liters in the Imperial system.

Pint

Pints ​​are used to measure beer even in countries where the pint is not used to measure other liquids. In the UK, milk and cider are measured in pints. A pint is equal to one-eighth of a gallon. Some other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations and Europe also use pints, but since they depend on the definition of a gallon, and a gallon has a different volume depending on the country, pints are also not the same everywhere. An imperial pint is approximately 568.2 milliliters, and an American pint is 473.2 milliliters.

Fluid ounce

An imperial ounce is approximately equal to 0.96 US ounces. Thus, an imperial ounce contains approximately 28.4 milliliters, and an American ounce contains approximately 29.6 milliliters. One US ounce is also approximately equal to six teaspoons, two tablespoons, and one eighth cup.

Volume calculation

Liquid displacement method

The volume of an object can be calculated using the fluid displacement method. To do this, it is lowered into a liquid of a known volume, a new volume is geometrically calculated or measured, and the difference between these two quantities is the volume of the object being measured. For example, if when you lower an object into a cup with one liter of water, the volume of the liquid increases to two liters, then the volume of the object is one liter. In this way, you can only calculate the volume of objects that do not absorb liquid.

Formulas for calculating volume

Volume geometric shapes can be calculated using the following formulas:

Prism: the product of the area of ​​the base of the prism and the height.

Rectangular parallelepiped: product of length, width and height.

Cube: length of an edge to the third power.

Ellipsoid: product of semi-axes and 4/3π.

Pyramid: one third of the product of the area of ​​the base of the pyramid and the height.

Parallelepiped: product of length, width and height. If the height is unknown, then it can be calculated using the edge and the angle it makes with the base. If we call the edge A, corner A, length - l, and the width is w, then the volume of the parallelepiped V equal to:

V = l w a cos( A)

This volume can also be calculated using the properties of right triangles.

Cone: radius squared times height and ⅓π.

Ball: radius to the third power multiplied by 4/3π.

Cylinder: product of the area of ​​the base of the cylinder, height, and π: V=π r² h, where r is the radius of the cylinder and h is its height

The ratio between the volumes of cylinder:ball:cone is 3:2:1.

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1 cubic meter [m³] = 1000000 cubic cm [cm³]

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cubic meter cubic kilometer cubic decimeter cubic centimeter cubic millimeter liter exaliliter petalitre teralitre gigaliliter megaliter kiloliter hectoliter deciliter deciliter centiliter milliliter microliter nanoliter picoliter femtoliter attoliter cubic cm drop barrel (petroleum) barrel American barrel British American gallon British quart US quart British pint US pin that British glass American glass (metric) glass British fluid ounce US fluid ounce British tablespoon amer. tablespoon (meter) tablespoon brit. American dessert spoon Brit dessert spoon teaspoon Amer. teaspoon metric teaspoon brit. gill, gill American gill, gill British minim American minim British cubic mile cubic yard cubic foot cubic inch register ton 100 cubic feet 100-foot cube acre-foot acre-foot (US, geodetic) acre-inch decaster ster decister cord tan hogshead plank foot drachma kor (biblical unit) homer (biblical unit) baht (biblical unit) gin (biblical unit) kab (biblical unit) log (biblical unit) glass (Spanish) volume of the Earth Planck volume cubic astronomical unit cubic parsec cubic kiloparsec cubic megaparsec cubic gigaparsec barrel bucket damask quarter wine bottle vodka bottle glass charka shalik

Learn more about volume and units of measurement in recipes

General information

Volume is the space occupied by a substance or object. Volume can also refer to the free space inside a container. Volume is a three-dimensional quantity, unlike, for example, length, which is two-dimensional. Therefore, the volume of flat or two-dimensional objects is zero.

Volume units

cubic meter

The SI unit of volume is the cubic meter. The standard definition of one cubic meter is the volume of a cube with edges one meter long. Derived units such as cubic centimeters are also widely used.

Liter

The liter is one of the most commonly used units in the metric system. It is equal to the volume of a cube with edges 10 cm long:
1 liter = 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm = 1000 cubic centimeters

This is the same as 0.001 cubic meters. The mass of one liter of water at a temperature of 4°C is approximately equal to one kilogram. Milliliters, equal to one cubic centimeter or 1/1000 of a liter, are also often used. Milliliter is usually denoted as ml.

Jill

Gills are units of volume used in the United States to measure alcoholic beverages. One jill is five fluid ounces in the British Imperial system or four in the American system. One American jill is equal to a quarter of a pint or half a cup. Irish pubs serve strong drinks in portions of a quarter jill, or 35.5 milliliters. In Scotland, portions are smaller - one fifth of a jill, or 28.4 milliliters. In England, until recently, portions were even smaller, just one-sixth of a jill or 23.7 milliliters. Now, it’s 25 or 35 milliliters, depending on the rules of the establishment. The owners can decide for themselves which of the two portions to serve.

Dram

Dram, or drachma, is a measure of volume, mass, and also a coin. In the past, this measure was used in pharmacy and was equal to one teaspoon. Later, the standard volume of a teaspoon changed, and one spoon became equal to 1 and 1/3 drachms.

Volumes in cooking

Liquids in cooking recipes are usually measured by volume. Bulk and dry products in the metric system, on the contrary, are measured by mass.

Teaspoon

The volume of a teaspoon is different in different measurement systems. Initially, one teaspoon was a quarter of a tablespoon, then - one third. It is the latter volume that is now used in the American measurement system. This is approximately 4.93 milliliters. In American dietetics, the size of a teaspoon is 5 milliliters. In the UK it is common to use 5.9 milliliters, but some diet guides and cookbooks use 5 milliliters. The size of a teaspoon used in cooking is usually standardized in each country, but different sizes of spoons are used for food.

Tablespoon

The volume of a tablespoon also varies depending on the geographic region. So, for example, in America, one tablespoon is three teaspoons, half an ounce, approximately 14.7 milliliters, or 1/16 of an American cup. Tablespoons in the UK, Canada, Japan, South Africa and New Zealand also contain three teaspoons. So, a metric tablespoon is 15 milliliters. A British tablespoon is 17.7 milliliters, if a teaspoon is 5.9, and 15 if a teaspoon is 5 milliliters. Australian tablespoon - ⅔ ounce, 4 teaspoons, or 20 milliliters.

Cup

As a measure of volume, cups are not defined as strictly as spoons. The volume of the cup can vary from 200 to 250 milliliters. A metric cup is 250 milliliters, and an American cup is slightly smaller, approximately 236.6 milliliters. In American dietetics, the volume of a cup is 240 milliliters. In Japan, cups are even smaller - only 200 milliliters.

Quarts and gallons

Gallons and quarts also have different sizes depending on the geographic region where they are used. In the Imperial system of measurement, one gallon is equal to 4.55 liters, and in the American system of measurements - 3.79 liters. Fuel is generally measured in gallons. A quart is equal to a quarter of a gallon and, accordingly, 1.1 liters in the American system, and approximately 1.14 liters in the Imperial system.

Pint

Pints ​​are used to measure beer even in countries where the pint is not used to measure other liquids. In the UK, milk and cider are measured in pints. A pint is equal to one-eighth of a gallon. Some other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations and Europe also use pints, but since they depend on the definition of a gallon, and a gallon has a different volume depending on the country, pints are also not the same everywhere. An imperial pint is approximately 568.2 milliliters, and an American pint is 473.2 milliliters.

Fluid ounce

An imperial ounce is approximately equal to 0.96 US ounces. Thus, an imperial ounce contains approximately 28.4 milliliters, and an American ounce contains approximately 29.6 milliliters. One US ounce is also approximately equal to six teaspoons, two tablespoons, and one eighth cup.

Volume calculation

Liquid displacement method

The volume of an object can be calculated using the fluid displacement method. To do this, it is lowered into a liquid of a known volume, a new volume is geometrically calculated or measured, and the difference between these two quantities is the volume of the object being measured. For example, if when you lower an object into a cup with one liter of water, the volume of the liquid increases to two liters, then the volume of the object is one liter. In this way, you can only calculate the volume of objects that do not absorb liquid.

Formulas for calculating volume

The volume of geometric shapes can be calculated using the following formulas:

Prism: the product of the area of ​​the base of the prism and the height.

Rectangular parallelepiped: product of length, width and height.

Cube: length of an edge to the third power.

Ellipsoid: product of semi-axes and 4/3π.

Pyramid: one third of the product of the area of ​​the base of the pyramid and the height.

Parallelepiped: product of length, width and height. If the height is unknown, then it can be calculated using the edge and the angle it makes with the base. If we call the edge A, corner A, length - l, and the width is w, then the volume of the parallelepiped V equal to:

V = l w a cos( A)

This volume can also be calculated using the properties of right triangles.

Cone: radius squared times height and ⅓π.

Ball: radius to the third power multiplied by 4/3π.

Cylinder: product of the area of ​​the base of the cylinder, height, and π: V=π r² h, where r is the radius of the cylinder and h is its height

The ratio between the volumes of cylinder:ball:cone is 3:2:1.

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1 m³ = 1,000,000 cm³ = 1,000,000,000 mm³ = 1,000 liters ≈ 35.3 cubic feet ≈ 1.31 cubic yards ≈ 6.29 barrels.

A cubic meter of pure water at its maximum density temperature (3.98 °C) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa) has a mass equal to 1000 kg = 1 ton. At 0°C, the freezing point of water, it is slightly lighter at 999.972 kg.

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1 cubic meter [m³] = 1000000 cubic centimeter [cm³]

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cubic meter cubic kilometer cubic decimeter cubic centimeter cubic millimeter liter exaliliter petalitre teralitre gigaliliter megaliter kiloliter hectoliter deciliter deciliter centiliter milliliter microliter nanoliter picoliter femtoliter attoliter cubic cm drop barrel (petroleum) barrel American barrel British American gallon British quart US quart British pint US pin that British glass American glass (metric) glass British fluid ounce US fluid ounce British tablespoon amer. tablespoon (meter) tablespoon brit. American dessert spoon Brit dessert spoon teaspoon Amer. teaspoon metric teaspoon brit. gill, gill American gill, gill British minim American minim British cubic mile cubic yard cubic foot cubic inch register ton 100 cubic feet 100-foot cube acre-foot acre-foot (US, geodetic) acre-inch decaster ster decister cord tan hogshead plank foot drachma kor (biblical unit) homer (biblical unit) baht (biblical unit) gin (biblical unit) kab (biblical unit) log (biblical unit) glass (Spanish) volume of the Earth Planck volume cubic astronomical unit cubic parsec cubic kiloparsec cubic megaparsec cubic gigaparsec barrel bucket damask quarter wine bottle vodka bottle glass charka shalik

Learn more about volume and units of measurement in recipes

General information

Volume is the space occupied by a substance or object. Volume can also refer to the free space inside a container. Volume is a three-dimensional quantity, unlike, for example, length, which is two-dimensional. Therefore, the volume of flat or two-dimensional objects is zero.

Volume units

cubic meter

The SI unit of volume is the cubic meter. The standard definition of one cubic meter is the volume of a cube with edges one meter long. Derived units such as cubic centimeters are also widely used.

Liter

The liter is one of the most commonly used units in the metric system. It is equal to the volume of a cube with edges 10 cm long:
1 liter = 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm = 1000 cubic centimeters

This is the same as 0.001 cubic meters. The mass of one liter of water at a temperature of 4°C is approximately equal to one kilogram. Milliliters, equal to one cubic centimeter or 1/1000 of a liter, are also often used. Milliliter is usually denoted as ml.

Jill

Gills are units of volume used in the United States to measure alcoholic beverages. One jill is five fluid ounces in the British Imperial system or four in the American system. One American jill is equal to a quarter of a pint or half a cup. Irish pubs serve strong drinks in portions of a quarter jill, or 35.5 milliliters. In Scotland, portions are smaller - one fifth of a jill, or 28.4 milliliters. In England, until recently, portions were even smaller, just one-sixth of a jill or 23.7 milliliters. Now, it’s 25 or 35 milliliters, depending on the rules of the establishment. The owners can decide for themselves which of the two portions to serve.

Dram

Dram, or drachma, is a measure of volume, mass, and also a coin. In the past, this measure was used in pharmacy and was equal to one teaspoon. Later, the standard volume of a teaspoon changed, and one spoon became equal to 1 and 1/3 drachms.

Volumes in cooking

Liquids in cooking recipes are usually measured by volume. Bulk and dry products in the metric system, on the contrary, are measured by mass.

Teaspoon

The volume of a teaspoon is different in different measurement systems. Initially, one teaspoon was a quarter of a tablespoon, then - one third. It is the latter volume that is now used in the American measurement system. This is approximately 4.93 milliliters. In American dietetics, the size of a teaspoon is 5 milliliters. In the UK it is common to use 5.9 milliliters, but some diet guides and cookbooks use 5 milliliters. The size of a teaspoon used in cooking is usually standardized in each country, but different sizes of spoons are used for food.

Tablespoon

The volume of a tablespoon also varies depending on the geographic region. So, for example, in America, one tablespoon is three teaspoons, half an ounce, approximately 14.7 milliliters, or 1/16 of an American cup. Tablespoons in the UK, Canada, Japan, South Africa and New Zealand also contain three teaspoons. So, a metric tablespoon is 15 milliliters. A British tablespoon is 17.7 milliliters, if a teaspoon is 5.9, and 15 if a teaspoon is 5 milliliters. Australian tablespoon - ⅔ ounce, 4 teaspoons, or 20 milliliters.

Cup

As a measure of volume, cups are not defined as strictly as spoons. The volume of the cup can vary from 200 to 250 milliliters. A metric cup is 250 milliliters, and an American cup is slightly smaller, approximately 236.6 milliliters. In American dietetics, the volume of a cup is 240 milliliters. In Japan, cups are even smaller - only 200 milliliters.

Quarts and gallons

Gallons and quarts also have different sizes depending on the geographic region where they are used. In the Imperial system of measurement, one gallon is equal to 4.55 liters, and in the American system of measurements - 3.79 liters. Fuel is generally measured in gallons. A quart is equal to a quarter of a gallon and, accordingly, 1.1 liters in the American system, and approximately 1.14 liters in the Imperial system.

Pint

Pints ​​are used to measure beer even in countries where the pint is not used to measure other liquids. In the UK, milk and cider are measured in pints. A pint is equal to one-eighth of a gallon. Some other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations and Europe also use pints, but since they depend on the definition of a gallon, and a gallon has a different volume depending on the country, pints are also not the same everywhere. An imperial pint is approximately 568.2 milliliters, and an American pint is 473.2 milliliters.

Fluid ounce

An imperial ounce is approximately equal to 0.96 US ounces. Thus, an imperial ounce contains approximately 28.4 milliliters, and an American ounce contains approximately 29.6 milliliters. One US ounce is also approximately equal to six teaspoons, two tablespoons, and one eighth cup.

Volume calculation

Liquid displacement method

The volume of an object can be calculated using the fluid displacement method. To do this, it is lowered into a liquid of a known volume, a new volume is geometrically calculated or measured, and the difference between these two quantities is the volume of the object being measured. For example, if when you lower an object into a cup with one liter of water, the volume of the liquid increases to two liters, then the volume of the object is one liter. In this way, you can only calculate the volume of objects that do not absorb liquid.

Formulas for calculating volume

The volume of geometric shapes can be calculated using the following formulas:

Prism: the product of the area of ​​the base of the prism and the height.

Rectangular parallelepiped: product of length, width and height.

Cube: length of an edge to the third power.

Ellipsoid: product of semi-axes and 4/3π.

Pyramid: one third of the product of the area of ​​the base of the pyramid and the height.

Parallelepiped: product of length, width and height. If the height is unknown, then it can be calculated using the edge and the angle it makes with the base. If we call the edge A, corner A, length - l, and the width is w, then the volume of the parallelepiped V equal to:

V = l w a cos( A)

This volume can also be calculated using the properties of right triangles.

Cone: radius squared times height and ⅓π.

Ball: radius to the third power multiplied by 4/3π.

Cylinder: product of the area of ​​the base of the cylinder, height, and π: V=π r² h, where r is the radius of the cylinder and h is its height

The ratio between the volumes of cylinder:ball:cone is 3:2:1.

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