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liter

/ˈli.tɚ/

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What does liter mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.
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noun

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of litter.

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Now a liter of each gas has the same number of molecules, therefore the O molecule weighs 16 times the H molecule.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
Mackenzie also quotes Trousseau's history of a man who drank a liter of strong French brandy in two hours, and habitually drank the same quantity daily.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
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When that day comes, the meter, a long yard, will replace the yard, the liter, the quart (being smaller than a dry and larger than a liquid quart), the kilogram will replace the pound, being equal to 2.2 pounds, and the kilometer (.6 mi.) will replace the mile.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987