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  2. Litre - Wikipedia

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    The litre (Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, [1] other symbol used: ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm 3 ), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm 3 ) or 0.001 cubic metres (m 3 ).

  3. Seer (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In India, the seer was a traditional unit used mostly in Northern India including Hindi speaking region, Telangana in South. Officially, seer was defined by the Standards of Weights and Measures Act (No. 89 of 1956, amended in 1960 and 1964) as being exactly equal to 1.25 kilograms (2.8 lb).

  4. Ser (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A ser is an obsolete unit of dry volume [1] in India. In 1871 it was defined as being exactly 1 litre. After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete. It was the unit in pre-modern India which was so close to the metric values of volume approx equal to a litre.

  5. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The kayser (K) is a unit of wavenumber equal to 1 cm −1 (100 m −1). The gal (Gal) is a unit of acceleration equal to 1 cm/s 2. [3] The dyne (dyn) is a unit of force equal to 1 g⋅cm⋅s −2 (10 μN). [3] The barye (Ba) is a unit of pressure equal to 1 dyn⋅cm −2 (100 mPa). The erg (erg) is a unit of energy equal to 1 dyn⋅cm (100 nJ). [3]

  6. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Smallest unit = 1 Nilve 2 Nilve = 1 Kolve 2 Kolve = 1 Chipte (about quarter litre) 2 Chipte = 1 Mapte (about half litre) 2 Mapte = 1 Ser (about one litre) Liquid Volume Measures. These were hour glass shaped measure used for Milk, Ghee, Oils. The bottom was round like an inverted dome, the top was like flared rim. This shape helped in pouring ...

  7. Metric Act of 1866 - Wikipedia

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    Number of Liters: Cubic Measures: Dry Measures: Liquid Measures: Kiloliter: 1,000 liters: 1 cubic meter: 1.308 cubic yards: 264.17 gallons Stère-1 cubic meter-- Hectoliter: 100 liters: 1 ⁄ 10 cubic meter: 2 bushels & 3.35 pecks: 26.417 gallons Dekaliter: 10 liters: 10 cubic decimeters: 9.08 dry quarts: 2.6417 gallons Liter: 1 liter: 1 cubic ...

  8. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    1 km 2 means one square kilometre, or the area of a square of 1000 m by 1000 m. In other words, an area of 1 000 000 square metres and not 1000 square metres. 2 Mm 3 means two cubic megametres, or the volume of two cubes of 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m, i.e. 2 × 10 18 m 3, and not 2 000 000 cubic metres (2 × 10 6 m 3).

  9. Barrel (unit) - Wikipedia

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    US dry barrel: 7,056 cubic inches (115.6 litres; 3.3 US bushels) . Defined as length of stave 28 + 12 in (72 cm), diameter of head 17 + 1 ⁄ 8 in (43 cm), distance between heads 26 in (66 cm), circumference of bulge 64 in (160 cm) outside measurement; representing as nearly as possible 7,056 cubic inches; and the thickness of staves not greater than 4 ⁄ 10 in (10 mm) [2] (diameter ≈ ...