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English Dictionary: hectolitre by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hectolitre
n
  1. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
    Synonym(s): hectoliter, hectolitre, hl
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.
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