单词 | liter |
释义 | liter /lee"teuhr/, n. a 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. [1800-10; < F litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, deriv. (with -on n. suffix) of ML litra < Gk lítra pound] |
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