CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Litre - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"3d88287e-c4db-44a7-88db-a5b4230de9be","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Litre","wgTitle":"Litre","wgCurRevisionId":1258968768,"wgRevisionId":1258968768,"wgArticleId":18094,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles containing French-language text","All articles with incomplete citations","Articles with incomplete citations from April 2020","CS1 French-language sources (fr)","Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from March 2021","Use British English from March 2016","Articles containing German-language text","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from September 2023", "Articles with unsourced statements from September 2019","Articles containing Japanese-language text","Articles containing Dutch-language text","Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019","Alcohol measurement","Non-SI metric units","Units of volume","Cooking weights and measures"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Litre","wgRelevantArticleId":18094,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgRedirectedFrom":"Milliliter","wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true}, "wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":30000,"wgInternalRedirectTargetUrl":"/wiki/Litre#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre","wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q11582","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.pygments":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons": "ready","jquery.tablesorter.styles":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["mediawiki.action.view.redirect","ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.pygments.view","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.tablesorter","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints" ,"ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.pygments%2CwikimediaBadges%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cjquery.tablesorter.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CubeLitre.svg/1200px-CubeLitre.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="960"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CubeLitre.svg/800px-CubeLitre.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="640"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CubeLitre.svg/640px-CubeLitre.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="512"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Litre - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Litre rootpage-Litre skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Litre" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Litre" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Litre" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Litre" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Definition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Definition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Definition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Definition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Explanation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Explanation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Explanation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Explanation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>SI prefixes applied to the litre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-metric_conversions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-metric_conversions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Non-metric conversions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Non-metric_conversions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Non-metric conversions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Non-metric_conversions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rough_conversions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rough_conversions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Rough conversions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rough_conversions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Symbol" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Symbol"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Symbol</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Symbol-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Symbol subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Symbol-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Script_l_and_Unicode" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Script_l_and_Unicode"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Script l and Unicode</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Script_l_and_Unicode-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Everyday_usage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Everyday_usage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Everyday usage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Everyday_usage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Litre</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 136 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-136" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">136 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لتر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لتر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0" title="লিটাৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="লিটাৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llitru" title="Llitru – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Llitru" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لیتر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لیتر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="লিটার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লিটার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%CC%8Dp" title="Li̍p – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Li̍p" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%82%D1%80" title="Літр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Літр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Літар – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Літар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Литър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Литър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%A4%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A7%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="སྤྱི་ཧྲན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="སྤྱི་ཧྲན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litar" title="Litar – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Litar" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%88" title="إيطرو – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="إيطرو" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liiter" title="Liiter – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Liiter" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF" title="Λίτρο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λίτρο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لیتر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیتر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litri" title="Litri – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Litri" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADtear" title="Lítear – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Lítear" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87" title="公升 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="公升" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BBng-s%E1%B9%B3%CC%82n" title="Kûng-sṳ̂n – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kûng-sṳ̂n" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%84%B0" title="리터 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리터" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lita" title="Lita – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Lita" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%BF%D6%80" title="Լիտր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լիտր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="लीटर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लीटर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litra" title="Litra – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Litra" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADtri" title="Lítri – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Lítri" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8" title="ליטר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ליטר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D" title="ಲೀಟರ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಲೀಟರ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ლიტრი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლიტრი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lita" title="Lita – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Lita" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AEtir" title="Lîtir – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Lîtir" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litrum" title="Litrum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Litrum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litrs" title="Litrs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Litrs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litras" title="Litras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Litras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ACter" title="Lìter – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Lìter" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Литар – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Литар" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC" title="ലിറ്റർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലിറ്റർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="लीटर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लीटर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ლიტრი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლიტრი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="ليتر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليتر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AE%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC" title="လီတာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="လီတာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0" title="लितर – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="लितर" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB" title="リットル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リットル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0" title="ਲੀਟਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲੀਟਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="لٹر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لٹر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liita" title="Liita – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Liita" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litru" title="Litru – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Litru" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Литер – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Литер" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D" title="Лиитэрэ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Лиитэрэ" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litru" title="Litru – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Litru" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litri" title="Litri – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Litri" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litru" title="Litru – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Litru" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%BD%D8%B1" title="ليٽر – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ليٽر" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litir" title="Litir – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Litir" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لیتر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لیتر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Литар – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Литар" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litar" title="Litar – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Litar" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9ter" title="Léter – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Léter" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litra" title="Litra – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Litra" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter" title="Liter – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Liter" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="லிட்டர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="லிட்டர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litra" title="Litra – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Litra" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81" title="లీటరు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="లీటరు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3" title="ลิตร – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ลิตร" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80" title="Литр – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Литр" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lita" title="Lita – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Lita" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%82%D1%80" title="Літр – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Літр" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="لٹر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="لٹر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litr" title="Litr – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Litr" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADt" title="Lít – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Lít" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lite" title="Lite – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Lite" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litro" title="Litro – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Litro" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%87" title="升 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="升" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ts mw-list-item"><a href="https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litara" title="Litara – Tsonga" lang="ts" hreflang="ts" data-title="Litara" data-language-autonym="Xitsonga" data-language-local-name="Tsonga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Xitsonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%A8" title="ליטער – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="ליטער" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87" title="公升 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="公升" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" title="Litre – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Litre" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%97tros" title="Lėtros – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Lėtros" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87" title="公升 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="公升" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ann mw-list-item"><a href="https://ann.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lita" title="Lita – Obolo" lang="ann" hreflang="ann" data-title="Lita" data-language-autonym="Obolo" data-language-local-name="Obolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Obolo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bew mw-list-item"><a href="https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batok_(atuan)" title="Batok (atuan) – Betawi" lang="bew" hreflang="bew" data-title="Batok (atuan)" data-language-autonym="Betawi" data-language-local-name="Betawi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Betawi</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q11582#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Litre" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Litre" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Litre"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Litre"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Litre" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Litre" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&oldid=1258968768" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Litre&id=1258968768&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLitre%23SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLitre%23SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Litre&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Litre" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibooks mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Liter" hreflang="en"><span>Wikibooks</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q11582" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Milliliter&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Milliliter">Milliliter</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Unit of volume</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about a common unit of volume. For the plant commonly known as litre, see <a href="/wiki/Lithraea_caustica" title="Lithraea caustica"><i>Lithraea caustica</i></a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox ib-unit"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">litre</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CubeLitre.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CubeLitre.svg/200px-CubeLitre.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CubeLitre.svg/300px-CubeLitre.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/CubeLitre.svg/400px-CubeLitre.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="385" data-file-height="308" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">One litre is equal to the volume of a cubic decimetre.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/System_of_units_of_measurement" title="System of units of measurement">Unit system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units#Non-SI_units_accepted_for_use_with_SI" title="International System of Units">Non-SI unit accepted for use with SI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Volume" title="Volume">volume</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data">L, l<sup id="cite_ref-SIbrochure_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIbrochure-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Named after</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Units_of_measurement_in_France_before_the_French_Revolution#Volume_–_dry_measures" class="mw-redirect" title="Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution">litron</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Conversions </th></tr><tr class="nowrap"><td>1 L <i>in ...</i></td><td><i>... is equal to ...</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">   </span><a href="/wiki/SI_base_unit" title="SI base unit">SI base unit</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">   </span><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997100000000000000♠"></span>10<sup>−3</sup> <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre" title="Cubic metre">m<sup>3</sup></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">   </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_customary_units" title="United States customary units">U.S. customary</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">   </span>≈<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6999264000000000000♠"></span>0.264 gallon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masskrug.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Masskrug.jpg/170px-Masskrug.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Masskrug.jpg/255px-Masskrug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Masskrug.jpg/340px-Masskrug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>One-litre beer mugs (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Maßkrüge</i>) at the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Oktoberfest" title="Oktoberfest">Oktoberfest</a> in Germany</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>litre</b> (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth English">Commonwealth spelling</a>) or <b>liter</b> (<a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American spelling</a>) (SI symbols <b>L</b> and <b>l</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-SIbrochure_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIbrochure-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> other symbol used: <b>ℓ</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Metric_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Metric units">metric unit</a> of <a href="/wiki/Volume" title="Volume">volume</a>. It is equal to 1 cubic <a href="/wiki/Decimetre" title="Decimetre">decimetre</a> (dm<sup>3</sup>), 1000 <a href="/wiki/Cubic_centimetre" title="Cubic centimetre">cubic centimetres</a> (cm<sup>3</sup>) or 0.001 <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre" title="Cubic metre">cubic metres</a> (m<sup>3</sup>). A cubic decimetre (or litre) occupies a volume of <span class="nowrap">10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm</span> (see figure) and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre. </p><p>The original French <a href="/wiki/Metric_system" title="Metric system">metric system</a> used the litre as a <a href="/wiki/SI_base_unit" title="SI base unit">base unit</a>. The word <i>litre</i> is derived from an older French unit, the <i><a href="/wiki/Units_of_measurement_in_France_before_the_French_Revolution#Volume_–_Dry_measures" class="mw-redirect" title="Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution">litron</a></i>, whose name came from Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>—where it was a unit of weight, not volume<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—via Late Medieval Latin, and which equalled approximately 0.831 litres. The litre was also used in several subsequent versions of the metric system and is accepted for use with the SI,<sup id="cite_ref-BIPM2006_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIPM2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although not an <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">SI unit</a>—the SI unit of volume is the <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre" title="Cubic metre">cubic metre</a> (m<sup>3</sup>). The spelling used by the <a href="/wiki/International_Bureau_of_Weights_and_Measures" title="International Bureau of Weights and Measures">International Bureau of Weights and Measures</a> is "litre",<sup id="cite_ref-BIPM2006_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIPM2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a spelling which is shared by most English-speaking countries. The spelling "liter" is predominantly used in <a href="/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences" title="American and British English spelling differences">American English</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One litre of liquid water has a <a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">mass</a> of almost exactly one <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kilogram</a>, because the kilogram was originally defined in 1795 as the mass of one cubic decimetre of water at the temperature of melting ice (<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002273149999999999♠"></span>0 °C</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-decree_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decree-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent redefinitions of the metre and kilogram mean that this relationship is no longer exact.<sup id="cite_ref-nist2000_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nist2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Visualisation_litre_gram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Visualisation_litre_gram.svg/220px-Visualisation_litre_gram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Visualisation_litre_gram.svg/330px-Visualisation_litre_gram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Visualisation_litre_gram.svg/440px-Visualisation_litre_gram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption>Some SI units of volume to scale and approximate corresponding mass of water</figcaption></figure> <p>A litre is a cubic <a href="/wiki/Decimetre" title="Decimetre">decimetre</a>, which is the volume of a cube 10 centimetres × 10 centimetres × 10 centimetres (1 L ≡ 1 dm<sup>3</sup> ≡ 1000 cm<sup>3</sup>). Hence 1 L ≡ 0.001 <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre" title="Cubic metre">m<sup>3</sup></a> ≡ 1000 <a href="/wiki/Cubic_centimetre" title="Cubic centimetre">cm<sup>3</sup></a>; and 1 m<sup>3</sup> (i.e. a cubic metre, which is the <a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a> unit for volume) is exactly 1000 L. </p><p>From 1901 to 1964, the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at maximum density (+3.98 °C)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Standard_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard pressure">standard pressure</a>. The kilogram was in turn specified as the mass of the <a href="/wiki/International_Prototype_of_the_Kilogram" title="International Prototype of the Kilogram">International Prototype of the Kilogram</a> (a specific platinum/iridium cylinder) and was intended to be of the same mass as the 1 litre of water referred to above. It was subsequently discovered that the cylinder was around 28 parts per million too large and thus, during this time, a litre was about <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997100002800000000♠"></span>1.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">028</span> dm<sup>3</sup></span>. Additionally, the mass–volume relationship of water (as with any fluid) depends on temperature, pressure, purity and isotopic uniformity. In 1964, the definition relating the litre to mass was superseded by the current one. Although the litre is not an SI unit, it is accepted by the <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures" title="General Conference on Weights and Measures">CGPM</a> (the standards body that defines the SI) for use with the SI. CGPM defines the litre and its acceptable symbols. </p><p>A litre is equal in volume to the <a href="/wiki/Stere" title="Stere">millistere</a>, an obsolete non-SI <a href="/wiki/Metric_system" title="Metric system">metric</a> unit formerly customarily used for <a href="/wiki/Dry_measure" title="Dry measure">dry measure</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanation">Explanation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Explanation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Litres are most commonly used for items (such as <a href="/wiki/Fluid" title="Fluid">fluids</a> and solids that can be poured) which are measured by the capacity or size of their container, whereas cubic metres (and derived units) are most commonly used for items measured either by their dimensions or their displacements. The litre is often also used in some calculated measurements, such as density (kg/L), allowing an easy comparison with the density of water. </p><p>One litre of water has a <a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">mass</a> of almost exactly one <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kilogram</a> when measured at its maximal density, which occurs at about 4 °C. It follows, therefore, that 1000th of a litre, known as one millilitre (1 mL), of water has a mass of about 1 g; 1000 litres of water has a mass of about 1000 kg (1 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonne</a> or megagram). This relationship holds because the gram was originally defined as the mass of 1 mL of water; however, this definition was abandoned in 1799 because the density of water changes with temperature and, very slightly, with pressure. </p><p>It is now known that the density of water also depends on the isotopic ratios of the oxygen and hydrogen atoms in a particular sample. Modern measurements of <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Standard_Mean_Ocean_Water" title="Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water">Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water</a>, which is pure distilled water with an <a href="/wiki/Isotope" title="Isotope">isotopic</a> composition representative of the average of the world's oceans, show that it has a density of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002999974999999999♠"></span>0.999<span style="margin-left:.25em;">975</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">001</span> kg/L</span> at its point of maximum density (3.984 °C) under one standard atmosphere (101.325 <a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">kPa</a>) of pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre">SI prefixes applied to the litre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: SI prefixes applied to the litre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The litre, though not an official SI unit, may be used with <a href="/wiki/SI_prefix" class="mw-redirect" title="SI prefix">SI prefixes</a>. The most commonly used derived unit is the millilitre, defined as one-thousandth of a litre, and also often referred to by the SI derived unit name "cubic centimetre". It is a commonly used measure, especially in medicine, cooking and automotive engineering. Other units may be found in the table below, where the more often used terms are in bold. However, some authorities advise against some of them; for example, in the United States, <a href="/wiki/NIST" class="mw-redirect" title="NIST">NIST</a> advocates using the millilitre or litre instead of the centilitre.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are two international standard symbols for the litre: L and l. In the United States the former is preferred because of the risk that (in some fonts) the letter <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-text mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr">l</code> and the <a href="/wiki/Numerical_digit" title="Numerical digit">digit</a> <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-text mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr">1</code> may be confused.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:centre"> <tbody><tr> <th>Multiple</th> <th>Name</th> <th colspan="2">Symbols</th> <th colspan="2">Equivalent volume </th></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−30</sup> L</td> <td>quectolitre</td> <td>qL</td> <td>ql</td> <td>10<sup>3</sup> pm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>thousand cubic picometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−27</sup> L</td> <td>rontolitre</td> <td>rL</td> <td>rl</td> <td>10<sup>6</sup> pm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>million cubic picometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−24</sup> L</td> <td>yoctolitre</td> <td>yL</td> <td>yl</td> <td>nm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic nanometre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−21</sup> L</td> <td>zeptolitre</td> <td>zL</td> <td>zl</td> <td>10<sup>3</sup> nm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>thousand cubic nanometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−18</sup> L</td> <td>attolitre</td> <td>aL</td> <td>al</td> <td>10<sup>6</sup> nm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>million cubic nanometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−15</sup> L</td> <td>femtolitre</td> <td>fL</td> <td>fl</td> <td>μm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic micrometre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−12</sup> L</td> <td>picolitre</td> <td>pL</td> <td>pl</td> <td>10<sup>3</sup> μm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>thousand cubic micrometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−9</sup> L</td> <td>nanolitre</td> <td>nL</td> <td>nl</td> <td>10<sup>6</sup> μm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>million cubic micrometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−6</sup> L</td> <td><b>microlitre</b></td> <td>μL</td> <td>μl</td> <td>mm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic millimetre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−3</sup> L</td> <td><b>millilitre</b></td> <td>mL</td> <td>ml</td> <td>cm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic centimetre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−2</sup> L</td> <td><b>centilitre</b></td> <td>cL</td> <td>cl</td> <td>10<sup>1</sup> cm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>ten cubic centimetres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>−1</sup> L</td> <td><b>decilitre</b></td> <td>dL</td> <td>dl</td> <td>10<sup>2</sup> cm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>hundred cubic centimetres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>0</sup> L</td> <td><b>litre</b></td> <td>L</td> <td>l</td> <td>dm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic decimetre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>1</sup> L</td> <td>decalitre</td> <td>daL</td> <td>dal</td> <td>10<sup>1</sup> dm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>ten cubic decimetres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>2</sup> L</td> <td>hectolitre</td> <td>hL</td> <td>hl</td> <td>10<sup>2</sup> dm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>hundred cubic decimetres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>3</sup> L</td> <td><b>kilolitre</b></td> <td>kL</td> <td>kl</td> <td>m<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic metre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>6</sup> L</td> <td><b>megalitre</b></td> <td>ML</td> <td>Ml</td> <td>dam<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic decametre, 1 million litres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>9</sup> L</td> <td><b>gigalitre</b></td> <td>GL</td> <td>Gl</td> <td>hm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic hectometre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>12</sup> L</td> <td>teralitre</td> <td>TL</td> <td>Tl</td> <td>km<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic kilometre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>15</sup> L</td> <td>petalitre</td> <td>PL</td> <td>Pl</td> <td>10<sup>3</sup> km<sup>3</sup></td> <td>thousand cubic kilometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>18</sup> L</td> <td>exalitre</td> <td>EL</td> <td>El</td> <td>10<sup>6</sup> km<sup>3</sup></td> <td>million cubic kilometres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>21</sup> L</td> <td>zettalitre</td> <td>ZL</td> <td>Zl</td> <td>Mm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic megametre </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>24</sup> L</td> <td>yottalitre</td> <td>YL</td> <td>Yl</td> <td>10<sup>3</sup> Mm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>thousand cubic megametres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>27</sup> L</td> <td>ronnalitre</td> <td>RL</td> <td>Rl</td> <td>10<sup>6</sup> Mm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>million cubic megametres </td></tr> <tr> <td>10<sup>30</sup> L</td> <td>quettalitre</td> <td>QL</td> <td>Ql</td> <td>Gm<sup>3</sup></td> <td>cubic gigametre </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-metric_conversions">Non-metric conversions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Non-metric conversions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Approx. value of 1 litre in non-metric units </th> <td rowspan="11" style="background:lightgray;"> </td> <th>Non-metric unit </th> <th>Equivalent in litres </th></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 0.87987699</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">imperial <a href="/wiki/Quart" title="Quart">quart</a></td> <td>1 imperial quart</td> <td>≡ 1.1365225 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 1.056688</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">US quarts</td> <td>1 US quart</td> <td>≡ 0.946352946 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 1.75975399</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">imperial <a href="/wiki/Pint" title="Pint">pints</a></td> <td>1 imperial pint</td> <td>≡ 0.56826125 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 2.11337641</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">US pints</td> <td>1 US pint</td> <td>≡ 0.473176473 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 0.21996925</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">imperial gallon</td> <td>1 imperial gallon</td> <td>≡ 4.54609 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 0.2641720523</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">US <a href="/wiki/Gallon" title="Gallon">gallon</a></td> <td>1 US gallon</td> <td>≡ 3.785411784 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 0.0353146667</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;"><a href="/wiki/Cubic_foot" title="Cubic foot">cubic foot</a></td> <td>1 cubic foot</td> <td>≡ 28.316846592 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 61.023744</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;"><a href="/wiki/Cubic_inch" title="Cubic inch">cubic inches</a></td> <td>1 cubic inch</td> <td>≡ 0.016387064 L </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 35.19508</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">imperial <a href="/wiki/Fluid_ounce" title="Fluid ounce">fluid ounces</a></td> <td>1 imperial fluid ounce</td> <td>≡ 28.4130625 mL </td></tr> <tr> <td>≈ 33.814023</td> <td style="border-left-style:hidden;">US fluid ounces</td> <td>1 US fluid ounce</td> <td>≡ 29.5735295625 mL </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>See also <a href="/wiki/Imperial_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial unit">Imperial units</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_customary_units" title="United States customary units">US customary units</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rough_conversions">Rough conversions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rough conversions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One litre is slightly larger than a <a href="/wiki/US_liquid_quart" class="mw-redirect" title="US liquid quart">US liquid quart</a> and slightly less than an <a href="/wiki/Imperial_quart" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial quart">imperial quart</a> or one <a href="/wiki/US_dry_quart" class="mw-redirect" title="US dry quart">US dry quart</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Mnemonic" title="Mnemonic">mnemonic</a> for its volume relative to an imperial pint is "a litre of water's a pint and three-quarters"; this is very close, as a litre is about 1.76 imperial pints. </p><p>A cubic foot has an exact volume of 28.316846592 litres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbol">Symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, the only symbol for the litre was <b>l</b> (lowercase letter L), following the <a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a> convention that only those unit symbols that abbreviate the name of a person start with a capital letter. In many English-speaking countries, however, the most common shape of a handwritten <a href="/wiki/Arabic_digit" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic digit">Arabic digit</a> 1 is just a <a href="/wiki/Regional_handwriting_variation" title="Regional handwriting variation">vertical stroke</a>; that is, it lacks the upstroke added in many other cultures. Therefore, the digit "1" may easily be confused with the letter <a href="/wiki/L#Forms_and_variants" title="L">"l"</a>. In some computer typefaces, the two characters are barely distinguishable. As a result, <b>L</b> (uppercase letter L) was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/CIPM" class="mw-redirect" title="CIPM">CIPM</a> as an alternative symbol for litre in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> now recommends the use of the uppercase letter L,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a practice that is also widely followed in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. In these countries, the symbol L is also used with prefixes, as in mL and μL, instead of the traditional ml and μl used in Europe. In <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">the UK</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>, as well as the rest of Europe, lowercase <i>l</i> is used with prefixes, though whole litres are often written in full (so, "750 ml" on a wine bottle, but often "1 litre" on a juice carton). In 1990, the <a href="/wiki/International_Committee_for_Weights_and_Measures" class="mw-redirect" title="International Committee for Weights and Measures">International Committee for Weights and Measures</a> stated that it was too early to choose a single symbol for the litre.<sup id="cite_ref-BIPM2006-brochure_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIPM2006-brochure-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Script_l_and_Unicode">Script l and Unicode <span class="anchor" id="Unicode"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Script l and Unicode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1979, the symbol ℓ came into common use in some countries;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> for example, it was recommended by <a href="/wiki/South_African_Bureau_of_Standards" title="South African Bureau of Standards">South African Bureau of Standards</a> publication M33 and Canada in the 1970s. This symbol can still be encountered occasionally in some English-speaking and European countries like Germany, and its use is ubiquitous in Japan and South Korea. </p><p>Fonts covering the <a href="/wiki/CJK_characters" title="CJK characters">CJK characters</a> usually include not only the script small ℓ but also four precomposed characters: ㎕, ㎖, ㎗, and ㎘ for the microlitre, millilitre, decilitre and kilolitre to allow correct rendering for vertically written scripts. These have <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> equivalents for compatibility, which are not recommended for use with new documents:<sup id="cite_ref-Unicode-U3300_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unicode-U3300-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+2113</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">ℓ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SCRIPT SMALL L</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+3395</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㎕</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE MU L</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+3396</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㎖</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE ML</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+3397</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㎗</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE DL</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+3398</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㎘</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE KL</span></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/CJK_Compatibility" title="CJK Compatibility">CJK Compatibility</a> block also includes <span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+3351</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㍑</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE RITTORU</span> corresponding to <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">リットル</span></span> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">rittoru</i></span>, Japanese for 'litre'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first name of the litre was "cadil"; standards are shown at the <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_arts_et_m%C3%A9tiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Musée des arts et métiers">Musée des Arts et Métiers</a> in Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The litre was introduced in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> in 1795 as one of the new <a href="/wiki/Metric_system#Original_system" title="Metric system">"republican units of measurement"</a> and defined as one <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metre#Submultiples" title="Cubic metre">cubic decimetre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1795def_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1795def-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One litre of liquid water has a <a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">mass</a> of almost exactly one <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kilogram</a>, due to the gram being defined in 1795 as one cubic centimetre of water at the temperature of melting ice.<sup id="cite_ref-decree_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decree-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original decimetre length was 44.344 <a href="/wiki/Ligne" title="Ligne"><i>lignes</i></a>, which was revised in 1798 to 44.3296 <i>lignes</i>. This made the original litre <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000100097400000000♠"></span>1.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">974</span></span> of today's cubic decimetre. It was against this litre that the kilogram was constructed. </p><p>In 1879, the <a href="/wiki/Comit%C3%A9_International_des_Poids_et_Mesures" class="mw-redirect" title="Comité International des Poids et Mesures">CIPM</a> adopted the definition of the litre, with the symbol <b>l</b> (lowercase letter L). </p><p>In 1901, at the 3rd <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures" title="General Conference on Weights and Measures">CGPM</a> conference, the litre was redefined as the space occupied by 1 kg of pure <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a> at the temperature of its maximum density (3.98 °C) under a pressure of 1 <a href="/wiki/Standard_atmospheric_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard atmospheric pressure">atm</a>. This made the litre equal to about <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997100002800000000♠"></span>1.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">028</span> dm<sup>3</sup></span> (earlier reference works usually put it at <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997100002700000000♠"></span>1.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">027</span> dm<sup>3</sup></span>). </p><p>In 1964, at the 12th <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures" title="General Conference on Weights and Measures">CGPM</a> conference, the original definition was reverted to, and thus the litre was once again defined in exact relation to the metre, as another name for the cubic decimetre, that is, exactly 1 dm<sup>3</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-nist2000_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nist2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, at the 16th <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures" title="General Conference on Weights and Measures">CGPM</a> conference, the alternative symbol <b>L</b> (uppercase letter L) was adopted. It also expressed a preference that in the future only one of these two symbols should be retained, but in 1990 said it was still too early to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-BIPM2006-brochure_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIPM2006-brochure-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Everyday_usage">Everyday usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Everyday usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In spoken English, the symbol "mL" (for millilitre) can be pronounced as "mil". This can potentially cause confusion with some other measurement words such as: </p> <ol><li>"mm" for <a href="/wiki/Millimetre" title="Millimetre">millimetre</a>, a unit of length equal to one-thousandth of a metre</li> <li>"mil" for <a href="/wiki/Thou_(length)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thou (length)">thousandth of an <i>inch</i></a></li> <li>"<i><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_mile" title="Scandinavian mile">mil</a></i>", a Scandinavian unit of length equal to 10 kilometres</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angular_mil" class="mw-redirect" title="Angular mil">mil</a>", unit of angular measurement</li></ol> <p>The abbreviation "cc" (for <a href="/wiki/Cubic_centimetre" title="Cubic centimetre">cubic centimetre</a>, equal to a millilitre or mL) is a unit of the <a href="/wiki/Cgs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cgs">cgs</a> system, which preceded the <a href="/wiki/MKS_system_of_units" class="mw-redirect" title="MKS system of units">MKS system</a>, which later evolved into the <a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a> system. The abbreviation "cc" is still commonly used in many fields, including medical dosage and sizing for <a href="/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine" title="Internal combustion engine">combustion engine</a> <a href="/wiki/Engine_displacement" title="Engine displacement">displacement</a>. </p><p>The microlitre (μL) has been known in the past as the <a href="/wiki/Lambda_(unit)" title="Lambda (unit)">lambda</a> (λ), but this usage is now discouraged.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the medical field the microlitre is sometimes abbreviated as <b>mcL</b> on test results.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_shot_glasses.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Two_shot_glasses.jpg/220px-Two_shot_glasses.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Two_shot_glasses.jpg/330px-Two_shot_glasses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Two_shot_glasses.jpg/440px-Two_shot_glasses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3034" data-file-height="2023" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shot_glass" title="Shot glass">Shot glasses</a> with centilitre <a href="/wiki/Fill_line" title="Fill line">fill line</a> graduations. "ARC" is the maker's (<a href="/wiki/Arc_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Arc International">Arc International</a>) certification of accuracy.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a> system, apart from prefixes for powers of 1000, use of the "centi" (10<sup>−2</sup>), "deci" (10<sup>−1</sup>), "deca" (10<sup>+1</sup>) and "hecto" (10<sup>+2</sup>) prefixes with litres is common. For example, in many European countries, the hectolitre is the typical unit for production and export volumes of <a href="/wiki/Beverages" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverages">beverages</a> (milk, beer, soft drinks, wine, etc.) and for measuring the size of the catch and quotas for fishing boats; decilitres are common in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a> and often found in cookbooks, and restaurant and café menus; centilitres indicate the capacity of drinking glasses and of small bottles. In colloquial <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, a "<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">vijfentwintiger</i></span>" and a "<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">drieëndertiger</i></span>" (literally "twenty-fiver" and "thirty-threer") are the common beer glasses, the corresponding bottles mention 25 cL and 33 cL. Bottles may also be 75 cL or half size at 37.5 cL for "artisanal" brews or 70 cL for wines or spirits. Cans come in 25 cL, 33 cL and 50 cL.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Similarly, alcohol <a href="/wiki/Shots_(alcohol)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shots (alcohol)">shots</a> are often marked in cL in restaurant menus, typically 3 cL (1.06 imp fl oz; 1.01 US fl oz). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gasoline_unit.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gasoline_unit.svg/220px-Gasoline_unit.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gasoline_unit.svg/330px-Gasoline_unit.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gasoline_unit.svg/440px-Gasoline_unit.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1314" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Petrol" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrol">Petrol</a> units used in the world: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff0000; color:black;"> </span> Litre</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00ff00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/US_gallon" class="mw-redirect" title="US gallon">US gallon</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000ff; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Imperial_gallon" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial gallon">Imperial gallon</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#e0e0e0; color:black;"> </span> No data</div></figcaption></figure> <p>In countries where the metric system was adopted as the official measuring system after the <a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a> standard was established, common usage eschews prefixes that are not powers of 1000. For example, in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, consumer beverages are labelled almost exclusively using litres and millilitres. An exception is in pathology, where for instance <a href="/wiki/Blood_lead_level" title="Blood lead level">blood lead level</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Blood_sugar_level" title="Blood sugar level">blood sugar level</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may be measured in micrograms/milligrams per decilitre. </p><p>For larger volumes, kilolitres, megalitres, and gigalitres, have been used by the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Government" title="Northern Territory Government">Northern Territory Government</a> for measuring water consumption, reservoir capacities and river flows,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although <a href="/wiki/Cubic_metres" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubic metres">cubic metres</a> are also used. Cubic metres are generally used for non-liquid commodities, such as sand and gravel, or storage space. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_%C3%89mile_Jean-Baptiste_Litre" title="Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre">Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre</a> – Fictional character</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unit_of_volume" title="Unit of volume">Unit of volume</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Metric Conversion Act of 1985 gives the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">United States Secretary of Commerce</a> the responsibility of interpreting or modifying the SI for use in the United States. The Secretary of Commerce delegated this authority to the Director of the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> (NIST) (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/FRN_Vol_73_No_96_16May2008_SI_Interpretation.pdf">Turner, 2008</a>). In 2008, the NIST published the U.S. version (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf">Taylor and Thompson, 2008a</a>) of the English text of the eighth edition of the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_International_des_Poids_et_Mesures" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau International des Poids et Mesures">Bureau International des Poids et Mesures</a> (BIPM) publication <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Le Système International d' Unités (SI)</i></span> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www1.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8.pdf">BIPM, 2006</a>). In the NIST publication, the spellings "meter", "liter" and "deka" are used rather than "metre", "litre" and "deca" as in the original BIPM English text (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf">Taylor and Thompson, 2008a</a>, p. iii). The Director of the NIST officially recognized this publication, together with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf">Taylor and Thompson (2008b)</a>, as the "legal interpretation" of the SI for the United States (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/FRN_Vol_73_No_96_16May2008_SI_Interpretation.pdf">Turner, 2008</a>).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-SIbrochure-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SIbrochure_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SIbrochure_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFInternational_Bureau_of_Weights_and_Measures2006" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/International_Bureau_of_Weights_and_Measures" title="International Bureau of Weights and Measures">International Bureau of Weights and Measures</a> (2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/si_brochure_8.pdf"><i>The International System of Units (SI)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (8th ed.), p. 124, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-822-2213-6" title="Special:BookSources/92-822-2213-6"><bdi>92-822-2213-6</bdi></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210604163219/https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/si_brochure_8.pdf">archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 4 June 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 December</span> 2021</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+International+System+of+Units+%28SI%29&rft.pages=124&rft.edition=8th&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=92-822-2213-6&rft.au=International+Bureau+of+Weights+and+Measures&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bipm.org%2Fdocuments%2F20126%2F41483022%2Fsi_brochure_8.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Collins English Dictionary.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (April 2020)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BIPM2006-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BIPM2006_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BIPM2006_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf">Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, 2006</a>, p. 124. ("Days" and "hours" are examples of other non-SI units that SI accepts.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-decree-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-decree_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-decree_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160817122340/http://www.metrodiff.org/cmsms/index.php?page=18_germinal_an_3">"Décret relatif aux poids et aux mesures du 18 germinal an 3 (7 avril 1795)"</a> [Weights and measures decree dated 18 Germinal, Year 3 (7 April 1795)] (in French). Association Métrodiff. 7 April 1795. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metrodiff.org/cmsms/index.php?page=18_germinal_an_3">the original</a> on 17 August 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2012</span>. <q><i>Gramme</i>, le poids absolu d'un volume d'eau pure égal au cube de la centième partie du mètre, et à la température de la glace fondante.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=D%C3%A9cret+relatif+aux+poids+et+aux+mesures+du+18+germinal+an+3+%287+avril+1795%29&rft.pub=Association+M%C3%A9trodiff&rft.date=1795-04-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metrodiff.org%2Fcmsms%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3D18_germinal_an_3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span> English translation: "<i>Gramme</i>: the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of the metre, at the temperature of melting ice."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nist2000-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nist2000_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nist2000_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111210164956/http://ts.nist.gov/weightsandmeasures/publications/appxc.cfm">"NIST, 2000"</a>. Ts.nist.gov. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm#4e">the original</a> on 10 December 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NIST%2C+2000&rft.pub=Ts.nist.gov&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fts.nist.gov%2FWeightsAndMeasures%2FPublications%2Fappxc.cfm%234e&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Isotopic composition and temperature per London South Bank University's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/data.html">"List of physicochemical data concerning water"</a>, density and uncertainty per <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/">NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69</a> (Retrieved: 2010-04-05).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kenneth Butcher, Linda Crown, Elizabeth J. Gentry (2006), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/SP1038.pdf">The International System of Units (SI) – Conversion Factors for General Use</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160710/http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/SP1038.pdf">Archived</a> 27 May 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, NIST Special Publication 1038.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._ThompsonB._N._Taylor2020" class="citation journal cs1">A. Thompson; B. N. Taylor (4 March 2020) [First published 2 July 2009]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-5-units-outside-si#table6">"Table 6. Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI by the CIPM and this Guide"</a>. <i>NIST</i>. <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NIST&rft.atitle=Table+6.+Non-SI+units+accepted+for+use+with+the+SI+by+the+CIPM+and+this+Guide&rft.date=2020-03-04&rft.au=A.+Thompson&rft.au=B.+N.+Taylor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nist.gov%2Fpml%2Fspecial-publication-811%2Fnist-guide-si-chapter-5-units-outside-si%23table6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span> See footnote (b).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170814094625/http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf">"The International System of Units (SI)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 2006. p. 124. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 14 August 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+International+System+of+Units+%28SI%29&rft.pages=124&rft.date=2006&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bipm.org%2Futils%2Fcommon%2Fpdf%2Fsi_brochure_8_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec05.html#table6">Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI by the CIPM</a> – <a href="/wiki/NIST" class="mw-redirect" title="NIST">NIST</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BIPM2006-brochure-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BIPM2006-brochure_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BIPM2006-brochure_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf">"Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, 2006"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bureau+International+des+Poids+et+Mesures%2C+2006&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bipm.org%2Futils%2Fcommon%2Fpdf%2Fsi_brochure_8_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Unicode-U3300-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Unicode-U3300_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnicode_Consortium2019" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Unicode_Consortium" title="Unicode Consortium">Unicode Consortium</a> (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3300.pdf">"The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Unicode.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Unicode.org&rft.atitle=The+Unicode+Standard+12.0+%E2%80%93+CJK+Compatibility+%E2%9D%B0+Range%3A+3300%E2%80%9433FF+%E2%9D%B1&rft.date=2019&rft.au=Unicode+Consortium&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unicode.org%2Fcharts%2FPDF%2FU3300.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131109202133/http://2007.artsetmetiers.net/pdf/DEFPC_VG_COLLEGE.pdf">"Visite Générale au Musée des arts et métiers"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Paris: <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_arts_et_m%C3%A9tiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Musée des arts et métiers">Musée des arts et métiers</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://2007.artsetmetiers.net/pdf/DEFPC_VG_COLLEGE.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 9 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 August</span> 2013</span>. <q>Comment s'est appelé cet étalon de mesure avant de s'appeler le litre ? - Le Cadil [What was the name of this measurement before called being called a litre? - a Cadil].</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Visite+G%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale+au+Mus%C3%A9e+des+arts+et+m%C3%A9tiers&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Mus%C3%A9e+des+arts+et+m%C3%A9tiers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F2007.artsetmetiers.net%2Fpdf%2FDEFPC_VG_COLLEGE.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1795def-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1795def_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160817122340/http://www.metrodiff.org/cmsms/index.php?page=18_germinal_an_3">"Décret relatif aux poids et aux mesures du 18 germinal an 3 (7 avril 1795)"</a> [Weights and measures decree dated 18 Germinal, Year 3 (7 April 1795)] (in French). Association Métrodiff. 7 April 1795. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metrodiff.org/cmsms/index.php?page=18_germinal_an_3">the original</a> on 17 August 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2012</span>. <q><i>Litre, la mesure de capacité, tant pour les liquides que pour les matières sèches, dont la contenance sera celle du cube de la dixièrne partie du mètre.</i></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=D%C3%A9cret+relatif+aux+poids+et+aux+mesures+du+18+germinal+an+3+%287+avril+1795%29&rft.pub=Association+M%C3%A9trodiff&rft.date=1795-04-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metrodiff.org%2Fcmsms%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3D18_germinal_an_3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span> English translation: "<i>Litre</i>: unit of capacity for both liquids and solids which will be equivalent to a cube of [with sides] one tenth of a metre."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurtisBruns2014" class="citation book cs1">Burtis, Carl A.; Bruns, David E. (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p7XwAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114"><i>Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics</i></a> (7. ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 114. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780323292061" title="Special:BookSources/9780323292061"><bdi>9780323292061</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tietz+Fundamentals+of+Clinical+Chemistry+and+Molecular+Diagnostics&rft.pages=114&rft.edition=7.&rft.pub=Elsevier+Health+Sciences&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9780323292061&rft.aulast=Burtis&rft.aufirst=Carl+A.&rft.au=Bruns%2C+David+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp7XwAwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA114&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/appendix/measurement.html">"Units of Measurement"</a>. <i>Mayo Medical Laboratories</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mayo+Medical+Laboratories&rft.atitle=Units+of+Measurement&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mayomedicallaboratories.com%2Ftest-catalog%2Fappendix%2Fmeasurement.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lead-info.com/levelschart.html">"Blood Lead Levels Chart"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Blood+Lead+Levels+Chart&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flead-info.com%2Flevelschart.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://diabetesmealplans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DMP-BloodSugar-Levels-Chart.pdf">"Diabetes Blood Sugar Level Chart"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Diabetes+Blood+Sugar+Level+Chart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesmealplans.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2FDMP-BloodSugar-Levels-Chart.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://depws.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/589477/waterres-nt-factsheet-watervolumes.pdf">Water volumes - how much water?</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Government" title="Northern Territory Government">Northern Territory Government</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Litre&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBureau_International_des_Poids_et_Mesures2006" class="citation web cs1">Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf">"The International System of Units (SI)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+International+System+of+Units+%28SI%29&rft.date=2006&rft.au=Bureau+International+des+Poids+et+Mesures&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bipm.org%2Futils%2Fcommon%2Fpdf%2Fsi_brochure_8_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/">"The International System of Units (SI)"</a> (on-line browser): <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091001100650/http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter4/table6.html">Table 6</a> (Non-SI units accepted for use with the International System). Retrieved 2008-08-24</li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNational_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology2000" class="citation web cs1">National Institute of Standards and Technology (11 November 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111210164956/http://ts.nist.gov/weightsandmeasures/publications/appxc.cfm">"Appendix C: General tables of units of measurement"</a>. <i>NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices</i>. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm#4e">the original</a> on 10 December 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 October</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NIST+Handbook+44%3A+Specifications%2C+Tolerances%2C+and+Other+Technical+Requirements+for+Weighing+and+Measuring+Devices&rft.atitle=Appendix+C%3A+General+tables+of+units+of+measurement&rft.date=2000-11-11&rft.au=National+Institute+of+Standards+and+Technology&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fts.nist.gov%2FWeightsAndMeasures%2FPublications%2Fappxc.cfm%234e&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALitre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>National Institute of Standards and Technology. (December 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041111030930/http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html"><i>The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty: International System of Units (SI)</i></a> (web site): <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html"><i>Note on SI units</i></a>. Retrieved 2008-08-24.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/outside.html"><i>Recommending uppercase letter L</i></a>. Retrieved 2008-08-24.</li></ul></li> <li>Taylor, B.N. and Thompson, A. (Eds.). (2008a). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf"><i>The International System of Units (SI)</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160603215953/http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf">Archived</a> 3 June 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. United States version of the English text of the eighth edition (2006) of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures publication <i>Le Système International d' Unités (SI)</i> (Special Publication 330). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 2008-08-18.</li> <li>Taylor, B.N. and Thompson, A. (2008b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf"><i>Guide for the Use of the International System of Units</i></a> (Special Publication 811). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 2008-08-23.</li> <li>Turner, J. (Deputy Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology). (16 May 2008).<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090326162948/http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/FRN_Vol_73_No_96_16May2008_SI_Interpretation.pdf">"Interpretation of the International System of Units (the Metric System of Measurement) for the United States"</a>. <i>Federal Register</i> Vol. 73, No. 96, p. 28432-3.</li> <li>UK National Physical Laboratory. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/measurement-units/non-si-units/">Non-SI Units</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="SI_units" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:SI_units" title="Template:SI units"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:SI_units" title="Template talk:SI units"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:SI_units" title="Special:EditPage/Template:SI units"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="SI_units" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">SI units</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SI_base_unit" title="SI base unit">Base units</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ampere" title="Ampere">ampere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candela" title="Candela">candela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvin" title="Kelvin">kelvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kilogram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mole_(unit)" title="Mole (unit)">mole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second" title="Second">second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SI_derived_unit" title="SI derived unit">Derived units <br />with special names</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Becquerel" title="Becquerel">becquerel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulomb" title="Coulomb">coulomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celsius" title="Celsius">degree Celsius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farad" title="Farad">farad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_(unit)" title="Gray (unit)">gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_(unit)" title="Henry (unit)">henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">hertz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joule" title="Joule">joule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katal" title="Katal">katal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumen_(unit)" title="Lumen (unit)">lumen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lux" title="Lux">lux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_(unit)" title="Newton (unit)">newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohm" title="Ohm">ohm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">pascal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radian" title="Radian">radian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siemens_(unit)" title="Siemens (unit)">siemens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sievert" title="Sievert">sievert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steradian" title="Steradian">steradian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tesla_(unit)" title="Tesla (unit)">tesla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volt" title="Volt">volt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weber_(unit)" title="Weber (unit)">weber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-SI_units_mentioned_in_the_SI" title="Non-SI units mentioned in the SI">Other accepted units</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">astronomical unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalton_(unit)" title="Dalton (unit)">dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day" title="Day">day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decibel" title="Decibel">decibel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degree_(angle)" title="Degree (angle)">degree of arc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronvolt" title="Electronvolt">electronvolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">hectare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hour" title="Hour">hour</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">litre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minute" title="Minute">minute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc" title="Minute and second of arc">minute and second of arc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper" title="Neper">neper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_of_units" title="Conversion of units">Conversion of units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metric_prefix" title="Metric prefix">Metric prefixes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_definitions_of_the_SI_base_units" title="Historical definitions of the SI base units">Historical definitions of the SI base units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_revision_of_the_SI" title="2019 revision of the SI">2019 revision of the SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/System_of_units_of_measurement" title="System of units of measurement">System of units of measurement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:SI_units" title="Category:SI units">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Litre&oldid=1258968768#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Litre&oldid=1258968768#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Alcohol_measurement" title="Category:Alcohol measurement">Alcohol measurement</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Non-SI_metric_units" title="Category:Non-SI metric units">Non-SI metric units</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_of_volume" title="Category:Units of volume">Units of volume</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cooking_weights_and_measures" title="Category:Cooking weights and measures">Cooking weights and measures</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_French-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing French-language text">Articles containing French-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_incomplete_citations" title="Category:All articles with incomplete citations">All articles with incomplete citations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_incomplete_citations_from_April_2020" title="Category:Articles with incomplete citations from April 2020">Articles with incomplete citations from April 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_French-language_sources_(fr)" title="Category:CS1 French-language sources (fr)">CS1 French-language sources (fr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_March_2021" title="Category:Use dmy dates from March 2021">Use dmy dates from March 2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_British_English_from_March_2016" title="Category:Use British English from March 2016">Use British English from March 2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_German-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing German-language text">Articles containing German-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_September_2023" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from September 2023">Articles with unsourced statements from September 2023</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_September_2019" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from September 2019">Articles with unsourced statements from September 2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Japanese-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Japanese-language text">Articles containing Japanese-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Dutch-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Dutch-language text">Articles containing Dutch-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_October_2019" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019">Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 November 2024, at 17:03<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Litre&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-6dfcdd5ff5-rv5pn","wgBackendResponseTime":178,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.694","walltime":"0.869","ppvisitednodes":{"value":5922,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":72284,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":9353,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":23,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":10,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":71965,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 787.762 1 -total"," 21.23% 167.280 2 Template:Reflist"," 11.46% 90.292 1 Template:Langx"," 11.45% 90.223 6 Template:Unichar"," 10.83% 85.307 1 Template:SI_units"," 10.72% 84.459 1 Template:Infobox_unit"," 10.60% 83.537 1 Template:Navbox"," 10.52% 82.891 1 Template:Short_description"," 9.82% 77.333 1 Template:Infobox"," 9.77% 76.942 6 Template:Unichar/main"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.411","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":20272157,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-5857dfdcd6-mm54t","timestamp":"20241203065252","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Litre","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Litre#SI_prefixes_applied_to_the_litre","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q11582","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q11582","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2001-09-13T08:23:33Z","dateModified":"2024-11-22T17:03:33Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b9\/CubeLitre.svg","headline":"unit of volume accepted for use with the SI"}</script> </body> </html>