hectoliter

Noun

hec=to=li=ter

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hectoliter(n = noun.quantity) hectolitre, hl - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters; Array

is a kind of metric capacity unit

has parts: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl

is a part of cubic meter, cubic metre, kiloliter, kilolitre

hectoliter, 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

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