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What (who) is litre - definition

UNIT OF VOLUME ACCEPTED FOR USE WITH THE SI
Liter; Centilitre; Centiliter; Cubic decimetre; Cubic decimeter; Millilitre; Milliliter; Milli-litre; Decilitre; Hectolitre; Hectoliter; Femtolitre; Femtoliter; Picolitre; Deciliter; Microlitre; Nanoliter; Hektoliter; Kiloliter; Microliter; Litres; Liters; Decalitre; Megalitre; Megaliter; Megalitres; Millileter; Gigalitre; Petalitre; Μl; Mℓ; Hectoliters; Nanolitre; Zettalitre; Exalitre; Teralitre; Attolitre; Yottalitre; Yoctolitre; Zeptolitre; ㎕; ㎖; ㎗; ㎘; Millilitres; Hectolitres; Yoctoliter; Zeptoliter; Attoliter; Picoliter; Gigaliter; Teraliter; Petaliter; Exaliter; Zettaliter; Yottaliter; Decilitres; Deciliters; Milliliters; Liter (L); Dm³; Litre per minute; L (unit); 1 liter; Gigalitres; Exalitres; ㍹; Litre per second; Ltr.; Microlitres; Decaliter; Microliters; Mililiter; Centilitres; Centiliters; ΜL; McL; Cadil; Ronnalitre; Quettalitre; Rontolitre; Quectolitre
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litre         
(litres)
Note: in AM, use 'liter'
A litre is a metric unit of volume that is a thousand cubic centimetres. It is equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints.
...15 litres of water...
This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre.
...a Ford Escort with a 1.9-litre engine.
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litre         
(US liter) (abbrev.: l)
¦ noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).
Derivatives
litreage 'li:t(?)r?d? noun
Origin
C18: from Fr., alt. of litron (an obs. measure of capacity), via med. L. from Gk litra, a Sicilian monetary unit.
Litre         
·noun ·same·as Liter.
II. Litre ·noun A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Wikipedia

Litre

The litre (international spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metre (m3). A cubic decimetre (or litre) occupies a volume of 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm (see figure) and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre.

The original French metric system used the litre as a base unit. The word litre is derived from an older French unit, the litron, whose name came from Byzantine Greek—where it was a unit of weight, not volume—via Late Medieval Latin, and which equalled approximately 0.831 litres. The litre was also used in several subsequent versions of the metric system and is accepted for use with the SI, although not an SI unit—the SI unit of volume is the cubic metre (m3). The spelling used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is "litre", a spelling which is shared by most English-speaking countries. The spelling "liter" is predominantly used in American English.

One litre of liquid water has a mass of almost exactly one kilogramme, because the kilogramme was originally defined in 1795 as the mass of one cubic decimetre of water at the temperature of melting ice (0 °C). Subsequent redefinitions of the metre and kilogramme mean that this relationship is no longer exact.

Examples of use of litre
1. They range from a two litre petrol to a 4.5–litre diesel.
2. The ECC is also expected to cut the margin on diesel from Rs 1.55 per litre to Rs 1.13 per litre and from Rs 2.12 per litre to Rs 1.60 per litre on motor spirit.
3. The average price a year ago was 81.75p per litre; now it is '5.57p per litre and some filling stations are charging 1 a litre.
4. Petrol has become dearer by Rs 0.67 a litre to Rs 43.52 per litre from midnight.
5. The AA said the average UK price of a litre of petrol has broken through the 5–a–gallon mark for the first time, petrol costing 5.01 a gallon (110.22p a litre) and diesel 5.48 a gallon, (120.51p a litre). The Petrol Retailers Association, predicted unleaded prices would rise 2p a litre to 1.12 in days, and hit 1.15 a litre by the summer.