litre

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noun

one cubic decimetre
(formerly) the volume occupied by 1 kilogram of pure water at 4°C and 760 millimetres of mercury. This is equivalent to 1.000 028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints

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Word History and Origins

Origin of litre¹

C19: from French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight

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The watchdog says that without dramatic action, England, which uses 14 billion litres of water a day, will have a daily shortage of more than six billion litres by 2055.

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She spent six hours in surgery and lost five litres of blood - all while under local anesthetic.

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Fire services pumped three million litres of water from the area, leaving it strewn with litter, sleeping bags, tent poles and mud-covered tents.

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About 25 litres of water is pumped from the former Lindsay pit every day in order to be cleaned and released into natural waterways.

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Aimee added that her hope was to "meet some really nice people", have a nice chat, and "generally just enjoy it", while armed with a litre of orange juice.

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