The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
Used in a Sentence
litres
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for litres.
Editorial note
A kilo of wheat for example averages over 1.000 litres of water, while meat can go all the way up to 20.000 litres.
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Quick take
The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of litres gathered in one view.
Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.
(informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for litres.
noun
The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
noun
Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.
noun
(informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
Example sentences
A kilo of wheat for example averages over 1.000 litres of water, while meat can go all the way up to 20.000 litres.
Volumes are almost exclusively metric, I suspect because we also went through a transition when gallons shrunk from Imperial (4.54609 litres) to US gallons (3.785 litres).
Possible water crisis in the future, and governments are selling water supplies for $2.25 per million litres!
Also transportation: fermentation reduced bulky corn crops to a few litres of alcohol with a corresponding increase in value density.
Even if you increase the number in that second link by 60% to add all the industrial use in Melbourne, it's still Sacramento at 800ish litres (~210 gallons) to Melbourne at 250ish litres.
Why don't you just say tier 1 is n litres per day (enough for a large family to drink, cook, and wash.
You must have been drinking around 2 litres of Coke for that many calories.
They took 265 million litres last year, what a farce, they will only by charged about 600$ a year at the new price...
Hence the metric of miles per gallon, rather than litres per 100km or gallons per 100 miles -- which is still in use today.
How do they get hold of 5 gallons (~20 litres) of wine?
I'm Canadian and buy litres of gas, but I still check the mileage in mpg.
The trees they're trying to keep alive have ridiculously high water consumption, almonds for instance consume 10s of litres of water for each _individual_ almond.
Quote examples
The question is probably more aptly written as "Take the width, height and depth of a cuboid in centimetres, and return its volume in litres".
"Volume over litres" is what it made me think initially which is very confusing as I don't know what that would actually be in the physical world (other than a nonsensical scalar).
I remember being asked the 5 litre / 3 litre / get 4 litres problem for my Microsoft intern interview, and honestly told them that I already knew the answer, so I wouldn't be "solving" it, but here it is anyway...
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use litres in a sentence?
A kilo of wheat for example averages over 1.000 litres of water, while meat can go all the way up to 20.000 litres.
What does litres mean?
The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
What part of speech is litres?
litres is commonly used as noun.