From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Liter \Li"ter\, Litre \Li"tre\ (l[=e]"t[~e]r; 277), noun [F. litre, Gr. li'tra a silver coin.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints) [syn: {litre}, {l}, {cubic decimeter}, {cubic decimetre}]
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