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METRIC CAPACITY UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A capacity unit defined in metric terms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("metric capacity unit" is a kind of...):
capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)
metric; metric unit (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metric capacity unit"):
cubic millimeter; cubic millimetre (a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge)
cc; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; mil; milliliter; millilitre; ml (a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter)
centiliter; centilitre; cl (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)
deciliter; decilitre; dl (a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter)
cubic decimeter; cubic decimetre; l; liter; litre (a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints))
dal; decaliter; decalitre; dekaliter; dekalitre; 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)
cubic meter; cubic metre; kiloliter; kilolitre (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters)
cubic kilometer; cubic kilometre (a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge)
