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Volume as a Derived Unit

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Volume is a derived SI quantity built from length, with the cubic meter as its standard.

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A liter is one cubic decimeter, the volume of a cube ten centimeters per edge — derived entirely from the meter.

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Liters and milliliters feel like independent units, but both are only renamed fractions of the cubic meter.