litre

Also known as L, l, litres

thumb|upright|One-litre beer mugs () at the Oktoberfest in Germany

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A litre is a unit of measurement used to describe the volume or capacity of liquids and other substances. It's a practical standard that helps people around the world communicate clearly about quantities—like when buying milk, beer, or fuel—without confusion.

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Unit.name: litre
Unit.image: class=skin-invert-image|200px
Unit.caption: One litre is equal to the volume of a cubic decimetre.
Unit.standard: Non-SI unit accepted for use with SI
Unit.quantity: volume
Unit.symbol: L
Unit.symbol2: l
Unit.namedafter: litron
Unit.units1: SI base unit
Unit.units2: U.S. customary
Unit.inunits2: ≈

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Commons category: Litre
conversion to SI unit: 0.001
conversion to standard unit: 0.01
unit symbol: l
Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q11582 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
P8168: Ignace Gelb
NCI Thesaurus ID: C48505

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Contents

Definition
Explanation
SI prefixes applied to the litre
Non-metric conversions
Rough conversions
Symbol
Script l and Unicode {{anchor|Unicode}}
History
Everyday usage
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography

thumb|upright|One-litre beer mugs () at the Oktoberfest in Germany

The litre (Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metres (m3). A cubic decimetre (or litre) occupies a volume of (see figure) and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre.