Why is the displacement of a car measured in cc/litres?

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Or rather, why is it called displacement?

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It refers to the total space, ie volume, contained in all the cylinders of the engine, added together. Since volume is a three-dimensional quantity, it is measured in cc/liters/cubic inches just like other volumes.

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