li·tre litres in AM, use liter A litre is a metric unit of volume that is a thousand cubic centimetres. It is equal to 1.76 British pints or 2.11 American pints. 15 litres of water This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre. a Ford Escort with a 1.9-litre engine
Standard volume of measure in the metric system (used throughout the world for wine) 1 liter = 1 054 U S quarts; 1 U S gallon = 3 785 liters
see litre. the American spelling of litre (litre, from litra, a measure, from , a weight)
The fundamental unit of volume in the metric system The volume of 1000 grams of water at 4oC
A unit of capacity in the metric system Where service station pumps are calibrated in liters, the number of liters should be divided by 3 785 to arrive at the number of gallons