Litre
noun
A unit of volume equal to 1000 cubic centimetres.
The car's petrol tank can hold 40 litres.
Often appears as...
- litre of milk
- litre of water
noun
Used in expressions describing increases in engine size.
They upgraded the engine from a 1.4 litre to a 2.0 litre.
Often appears as...
- 1.6 litre engine
- 2 litre engine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A unit of volume equal to 1000 cubic centimetres.
The car's petrol tank can hold 40 litres.
Often appears as...
- litre of milk
- litre of water
noun
Used in expressions describing increases in engine size.
They upgraded the engine from a 1.4 litre to a 2.0 litre.
Often appears as...
- 1.6 litre engine
- 2 litre engine
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Volume Measurement
Used to measure liquids or substances that can be poured, like grains or sand.
Please buy a litre of olive oil for the salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Everyday Use
Commonly used in cooking, at the gas station, and for measuring drink volumes.
The recipe calls for three litres of broth.
Pro Tip 3/3Metric Understanding
Part of the metric system, so it's not used in countries that employ the imperial system, such as the USA.
Most countries sell soda in two-litre bottles.
Pro Tip 1/3Volume Measurement
Used to measure liquids or substances that can be poured, like grains or sand.
Please buy a litre of olive oil for the salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Everyday Use
Commonly used in cooking, at the gas station, and for measuring drink volumes.
The recipe calls for three litres of broth.
Pro Tip 3/3Metric Understanding
Part of the metric system, so it's not used in countries that employ the imperial system, such as the USA.
Most countries sell soda in two-litre bottles.
Pro Tip 1/3Volume Measurement
Used to measure liquids or substances that can be poured, like grains or sand.
Please buy a litre of olive oil for the salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Everyday Use
Commonly used in cooking, at the gas station, and for measuring drink volumes.
The recipe calls for three litres of broth.
Pro Tip 3/3Metric Understanding
Part of the metric system, so it's not used in countries that employ the imperial system, such as the USA.
Most countries sell soda in two-litre bottles.
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Daniel Kraft invents a...
I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a liter of bone marrow. And bone marrow is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.
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South Africa's Strongest...
their mother's drinking up to 12 litres of her milk each day other herd members will care for the young with elephant family bonds being one of the strongest in nature and this young female will stay with her family group for the rest of her life
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Edward Burtynsky...
and find those places. And another idea that I had as well, that was brought forward by an ecologist -- he basically did a calculation where he took one liter of gas and said, well, how much carbon it would take, and how much organic material?
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A clever solution to the...
we have called the poverty tax and explain I was by a quarter of leader of kokino for a dollar and five cents that's four door and twenty cents per month per liter but in the supermarket you can get one little of cooking oil
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The tiny creature that...
but they're not deserts at all. Their deep blue water is teeming with a hundred million Prochlorococcus cells per liter. If you crowd them together like we do in our cultures, you can see their beautiful green chlorophyl.
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Abundance is our future...
out of any source -- saltwater, polluted water, latrine -- at less than two cents a liter. The chairman of Coca-Cola has just agreed to do a major test of hundreds of units of this in the developing world.
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Can the ocean run out of...
Over time, this can reduce the oxygen content to less than 2 milligrams of oxygen per liter, creating an uninhabitable dead zone. There are rare bodies of water that rely on natural eutrophication.
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The Magic Ingredient PIPE...
worldwide that's over 30 billion litres of beer from one tiny vial a great example of how they take the smallest ingredient and blow it up to make uh proportions
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Rob Hopkins: Transition...
If you could help me with that it would be fantastic. This is a liter of oil. This bottle of oil, distilled over a hundred million years of geological time,
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
Jemma that's a great question I will not say I can remember for now how many litres they'd have in their lifetime but
Video examples
Daniel Kraft invents a...
I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a liter of bone marrow. And bone marrow is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.
Video examples
South Africa's Strongest...
their mother's drinking up to 12 litres of her milk each day other herd members will care for the young with elephant family bonds being one of the strongest in nature and this young female will stay with her family group for the rest of her life
Video examples
Edward Burtynsky...
and find those places. And another idea that I had as well, that was brought forward by an ecologist -- he basically did a calculation where he took one liter of gas and said, well, how much carbon it would take, and how much organic material?
Video examples
A clever solution to the...
we have called the poverty tax and explain I was by a quarter of leader of kokino for a dollar and five cents that's four door and twenty cents per month per liter but in the supermarket you can get one little of cooking oil
Video examples
The tiny creature that...
but they're not deserts at all. Their deep blue water is teeming with a hundred million Prochlorococcus cells per liter. If you crowd them together like we do in our cultures, you can see their beautiful green chlorophyl.
Video examples
Abundance is our future...
out of any source -- saltwater, polluted water, latrine -- at less than two cents a liter. The chairman of Coca-Cola has just agreed to do a major test of hundreds of units of this in the developing world.
Video examples
Can the ocean run out of...
Over time, this can reduce the oxygen content to less than 2 milligrams of oxygen per liter, creating an uninhabitable dead zone. There are rare bodies of water that rely on natural eutrophication.
Video examples
The Magic Ingredient PIPE...
worldwide that's over 30 billion litres of beer from one tiny vial a great example of how they take the smallest ingredient and blow it up to make uh proportions
Video examples
Rob Hopkins: Transition...
If you could help me with that it would be fantastic. This is a liter of oil. This bottle of oil, distilled over a hundred million years of geological time,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
Jemma that's a great question I will not say I can remember for now how many litres they'd have in their lifetime but
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Bunker Roy
Indian Educator
Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you gave me $2.5 million, I can train 100 grandmothers, solar electrify 100 villages - 10,000 houses - and save you 100,000 litres of kerosene.
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Valentina Zelyaeva
Russian Model
It's a lot harder to stick to my regime when I'm travelling, so when I'm home, I make sure that when I wake up in the morning, I drink one litre of water with lemon to cleanse my body from the inside, and then I'll have a big jar of vegetable juice.
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Anna Kaiser
American Businesswoman
I wake up in the morning and drink my Essentia water first. I keep a liter by my bed. If I get up in the middle of the night, I can just grab it. I try to drink a liter before 10 A.M. The water rehydrates me after sleeping for eight hours.
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Eddie Hall
English Athlete
After swimming, I have breakfast. I start with a big bowl of porridge - say, 100 grams of oats - then some cereal, five or so pieces of fruit, an oat bar, a litre of fruit juice, and a big bag of beef jerky.
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Alex Zanardi
Italian Driver
I shouldn't have survived that accident. Science didn't give me a single chance. I basically survived for about 50 minutes with less than one liter of blood. Science says that's simply impossible.
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Daniel Radcliffe
British Actor
I basically have the diet of a 19th-century Irish navy, apart from the litre of stout a day. It's meat and potatoes and bread and cheese: those are my four food groups.
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Kelvin Fletcher
English Actor
Keep hydrated: I drink at least 4 litres of water a day.
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Leroy Sane
German Athlete
You shouldn't drink two litres of Coca Cola every day.
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Amyra Dastur
Indian Actress
Drink lots of water - at least 2 litres a day.
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Bunker Roy
Indian Educator
Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you gave me $2.5 million, I can train 100 grandmothers, solar electrify 100 villages - 10,000 houses - and save you 100,000 litres of kerosene.
Quote examples
Valentina Zelyaeva
Russian Model
It's a lot harder to stick to my regime when I'm travelling, so when I'm home, I make sure that when I wake up in the morning, I drink one litre of water with lemon to cleanse my body from the inside, and then I'll have a big jar of vegetable juice.
Quote examples
Anna Kaiser
American Businesswoman
I wake up in the morning and drink my Essentia water first. I keep a liter by my bed. If I get up in the middle of the night, I can just grab it. I try to drink a liter before 10 A.M. The water rehydrates me after sleeping for eight hours.
Quote examples
Eddie Hall
English Athlete
After swimming, I have breakfast. I start with a big bowl of porridge - say, 100 grams of oats - then some cereal, five or so pieces of fruit, an oat bar, a litre of fruit juice, and a big bag of beef jerky.
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Alex Zanardi
Italian Driver
I shouldn't have survived that accident. Science didn't give me a single chance. I basically survived for about 50 minutes with less than one liter of blood. Science says that's simply impossible.
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Daniel Radcliffe
British Actor
I basically have the diet of a 19th-century Irish navy, apart from the litre of stout a day. It's meat and potatoes and bread and cheese: those are my four food groups.
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Kelvin Fletcher
English Actor
Keep hydrated: I drink at least 4 litres of water a day.
Quote examples
Leroy Sane
German Athlete
You shouldn't drink two litres of Coca Cola every day.
Quote examples
Amyra Dastur
Indian Actress
Drink lots of water - at least 2 litres a day.
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