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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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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      • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        In India, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (75 to 25). In the Philippines, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (100 to 0). In Canada, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (68 to 32). In Australia, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (68 to 32).

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