English Dictionary: hectolitre | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hectoliter \Hec"to*li`ter\, Hectolitre \Hec"to*li`tre\, n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. [?] hundred + F. litre a liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26[frac12] gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2[frac56] Winchester bushels. |