one cubic decimetre (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
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li•tre
(lē′tər),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]
- Weights and Measures, British Termsliter.
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li•ter /ˈlitɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Weights and Measuresa unit of liquid measure equal to the volume of one kilogram of water or 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts. Abbr.: l
li•ter
(lē′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbr.: l
- Greek lítra pound
- French litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, derivative (with -on noun, nominal suffix) of Medieval Latin litra
- 1800–10
'litre' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
biochemical oxygen demand
- centilitre
- concentration
- cup
- decilitre
- l
- liter
- mickey
- millilitre
- molar
- normal
- pint
- quart
- twenty-sixer
- wine box