: a metric unit of capacity equal to one cubic decimeter see Metric System Table
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In total, there are nine pockets, offering up to six liters of storage.—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025 Small concentrations of substances like VOCs are measured in nanograms per liter — which is one billionth of a gram.—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025 The Department of Energy has agreed to purchase three liters of helium-3 harvested from the moon no later than April 2029.—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 With that money, the group was able to provide:
12.6 million liters of fresh drinking water.—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for liter
Word History
Etymology
French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, a measure, from Greek, a weight
: a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of one kilogram of water at 4°C (39°F) and at standard atmospheric pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury
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