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Definition of Litre
1. Noun. 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).
Generic synonyms: Metric Capacity Unit
Terms within: Deciliter, Decilitre, Dl
Group relationships: Dal, Decaliter, Decalitre, Dekaliter, Dekalitre, Dkl
Definition of Litre
1. n. Same as Liter.
Definition of Litre
1. Noun. (U.K.) The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ? ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Litre
1. liter [n -S] - See also: liter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Litre
Literary usage of Litre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"Extract from per 100 litres Cartilage fluoresced a little less than one 128th of
a grain of quinine to a litre =0'8 Nerves ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"It had been argued that a large number of French wine* contained a* much a* from
4 to 6 gramme* of potassium sulphate per litre, and this assertion had had ..."
3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"At the outlet of Saint Brice, the quantity of oxygen held in solution in a litre
of the Vesle water does not reach one cubic centimetre ; in several places ..."
4. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"It gave mortality equivalent to a standard 20 ml litre-1, 10 700 litre ha-1
spray (214 litre oil ha-1) applied by the HV OB sprayer but with 72% less spray ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"The unit of liquid and dry measure is called litre, from a Greek word for a ...
The litre is a vessel containing the cube of the tenth part of the metre. ..."
6. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"SO2 per litre. To the last-mentioned beer calcium bisulphite had ... for which
one-third of sulphured hops had been used, contained per litre from 1'8 to ..."
7. An Elementary Treatise on Heat by Balfour Stewart (1866)
"Regnault has furnished us with the following determination of the weight of a
litre of the most important gases. Weight of one litre ..."
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