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• Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s a poor translation on my part.

  Cubic tonne of metal would probably make more sense. But there is nothing cubic really in a car so I don’t know why I choose this wording.

  As far as I know an heavy car is close to 1000Kg which is a Tonne in the metric system.

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  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Cubic is a measure of volume, not mass.

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    • Jamablaya@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Cubic isn’t a measure at all, it’s a shape.

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    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I don’t think I said it was a mass.

      I meant cubic as in cube shaped?

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A cubic metre of water weighs a tonne.

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    • Jamablaya@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If fresh water, at sea level, under certain barometric conditions and a temperature of 4 degrees, at the equator.

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    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m just noticing that metre is the correct spelling in English.

      Isn’t “meter” the commonly used translation?

      I realize it must not be commonly used anyway with the imperial system being used in the US.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        “Meter" and “metre” are both correct spellings of the word that refers to a unit of measurement in the metric system: 

        “Meter” is the preferred spelling in American English, while “metre” is preferred in British English and other forms of English outside the United States.

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