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li·tre

(lē′tər)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of liter.

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litre

(ˈliːtə) or

liter

1. (Units) one cubic decimetre

2. (Units) (formerly) the volume occupied by 1 kilogram of pure water at 4°C and 760 millimetres of mercury. This is equivalent to 1.000028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints

[C19: from French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight]

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li•ter

(ˈli tər)

n.

a unit of liquid capacity equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C and equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts. Abbr.: l

[1800–10; < French litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, derivative of Medieval Latin litra < Greek lítra pound]

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Noun

litre - a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, liter

metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms

deciliter, decilitre, dl - a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter

dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters

Translations

لِتْرلِتْرٌ

litr

liter

litro

litra

litra

liter

líter

litro

リットル

리터

litras

litrs

liter

หน่วยวัดปริมาณ ๑ ลิตร

litre

lít

公升升

litre

liter (US) [ˈliːtəʳ] N → litro m

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litre

[ˈliːtə^r] liter (US) n → litre m

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litre

, (US) liter

n → Liter m or nt

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litre

[ˈliːtəʳ] n → litro

litre

(ˈliːtə(r)) (American) liter (ˈliːtə) noun

a measure of (usually liquid) capacity. a litre of wine.

litre

→ لِتْرٌ litr liter Liter λίτρο litro litra litre litra litro リットル 리터 liter liter litr litro литр liter หน่วยวัดปริมาณ ๑ ลิตร litre lít 升

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