LITER

liter, litre, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre

(noun) 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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

liter (plural liters)

(American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.

Anagrams

• litre, relit, tiler, triel

Source: Wiktionary


Li"ter, Li"tre, n. Etym: [F. litre, Gr.

Definition: A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

LITE

Lite, a., adv., & n.

Definition: Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-lith, -lite.

Definition: Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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