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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024li•ter /ˈlitɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- 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
Also, [esp. Brit.,] litre. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•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
Also,[esp. Brit.,] litre. - 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: liter /ˈliːtə/ n - the US spelling of litre
li•tre /ˈlitɚ/USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- Weights and Measures, British Termsliter.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•tre (lē′tər),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- Weights and Measures, British Termsliter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: litre, US liter /ˈliːtə/ n - 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 1.000 028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight |