English > metric capacity unit: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | A capacity unit defined in metric terms. |
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| Narrower | centiliter, centilitre, cl | A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter |
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| cubic kilometer, cubic kilometre | A unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge |
| cubic millimeter, cubic millimetre | A metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge |
| deciliter, decilitre, dl | A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter |
| dekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre, dal, dkl | A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters |
| hectoliter, hectolitre, hl | A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters |
| kiloliter, kilolitre, cubic meter, cubic metre | A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters |
| liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre | A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions |
| milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc | A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter |
| Broader | metric unit, metric | A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) |
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| volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit | A unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
| Catalan | unitat de capacitat mètrica |
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