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li·tre
(lē′tər)n. Chiefly British
Variant of liter.
litre
(ˈliːtə) orliter
n
1. (Units) one cubic decimetre
2. (Units) (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
[C19: from French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight]
li•ter
(ˈli tər)n.
a unit of liquid capacity equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C and equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts. Abbr.: l
[1800–10; < French litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, derivative of Medieval Latin litra < Greek lítra pound]
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| Noun | 1. |  litre - 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)metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms |
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لِتْرلِتْرٌ
litr
liter
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litra
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líter
リットル
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litras
litrs
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หน่วยวัดปริมาณ ๑ ลิตร
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, (US) litern → Liter m or nt
litre
(ˈliːtə(r)) (American) liter (ˈliːtə) noun a measure of (usually liquid) capacity. a litre of wine.