Cubic yard
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A cubic yard is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada, and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 metres) in length.
Symbols[edit]
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
- cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd
- cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs
- yards/-3, yard/-3, yds/-3, yd/-3
- yards^3, yard^3, yds^3, yd^3
- yards³, yard³, yds³, yd³
Cubic yard per second[edit]
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
- yd³/s
- cu yd/s
- yd^3/sec
- yd³/sec
Cubic yard per minute[edit]
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
- yd³/min
- yd^3/min
Conversions[edit]
| 1 cubic yard |
| = 27 cubic feet |
| = 46656 cubic inches |
| = 0.764554857984 cubic metres |
| ≈ 1.83426465×10−10 cubic miles |
| ≈ 21.0223197 imperial bushels |
| ≈ 21.6962157 US bushels |
| ≈ 168.178557 imperial gallons |
| ≈ 201.974 US liquid gallons |
| ≈ 4.80890476 crude barrels |
| ≈ 764.5549 litres |
