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li⋅ter

  [lee-ter]
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–noun
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l
Also, especially British, litre.

Origin:
1800–10; < F litre, back formation from litron an old measure of capacity, deriv. (with -on n. suffix) of ML litra < Gk lítra pound
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lite

  [lahyt]
–adjective
1. an informal, simplified spelling of light 2 (defs. 12, 13), used esp. in labeling or advertising commercial products: lite beer.
–noun
2. light 2 (def. 36).
Related forms:
liteness, noun
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li·ter   (lē'tər)   
n.   Abbr. l or lit.
A metric unit of volume equal to approximately 1.056 liquid quarts, 0.908 dry quart, or 0.264 gallon. See Table at measurement.

[French litre, from obsolete litron, measure of capacity, from Medieval Latin lītra, from Greek, unit of weight.]
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Word Origin & History

liter 
1797, from Fr. litre (1793), from litron, obsolete Fr. measure of capacity for grain, from M.L. litra, from Gk. litra "pound," apparently from the same Sicilian Italic source as L. libra.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lite
variant of LIGHT

Main Entry: li·ter
Variant: or chiefly British li·tre /'lEt-&r/
Function: noun
: a metric unit of capacity equal to thevolume of one kilogram of water at 4°C (39°F) and at standard atmospheric pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury
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liter li·ter (lē'tər)
n.
Abbr. L, l
A unit of volume equal to 1000 cubic centimeters or or 1 cubic decimeter (1.0567 quarts).

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liter

unit of volume in the metric system, equal to one cubic decimetre (0.001 cubic metre). From 1901 to 1964 the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at 4C (39.2F) and standard atmospheric pressure; in 1964 the original, present value was reinstated. One litre is equivalent to approximately 1.0567 U.S. quart.

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