METRIC CAPACITY UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does metric capacity unit mean? 

• METRIC CAPACITY UNIT (noun)
  The noun METRIC CAPACITY UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a capacity unit defined in metric terms

  Familiarity information: METRIC CAPACITY UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRIC CAPACITY UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A capacity unit defined in metric terms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("metric capacity unit" is a kind of...):

capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)

metric; metric unit (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metric capacity unit"):

cubic millimeter; cubic millimetre (a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge)

cc; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; mil; milliliter; millilitre; ml (a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter)

centiliter; centilitre; cl (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)

deciliter; decilitre; dl (a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter)

cubic decimeter; cubic decimetre; l; liter; litre (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))

dal; decaliter; decalitre; dekaliter; dekalitre; dkl (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters)

hectoliter; hectolitre; hl (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters)

cubic meter; cubic metre; kiloliter; kilolitre (a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters)

cubic kilometer; cubic kilometre (a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge)