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Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter

Abbreviation.

L’Envoy; To the Author’s Lady. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
%L% La Salle, Robert de. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
'Scuse me!" beg li'l Mose. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown

liter, litre, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre

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