Liter vs. Gallon

Liternoun

standard spelling of litre|from=US|dot=:one cubic decimeter.

Liternoun

A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Liternoun

a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints)

Gallonnoun

A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints

Gallonnoun

exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon

Gallonnoun

(US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")

Gallonnoun

(US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").

Gallonnoun

A large quantity (of any liquid).

Gallonnoun

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; - used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

Gallonnoun

United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

Gallonnoun

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters

Gallon

The gallon is a unit of volume in imperial units and United States customary units. Three different versions are in current use: the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as 4.546 09 litres, which is used in the United Kingdom, Canada, and some Caribbean countries; the US gallon (US gal) defined as 231 cubic inches (exactly 3.785 411 784 litres), which is used in the US and some Latin American and Caribbean countries; and the US dry gallon (), defined as 1/8 US bushel (exactly 4.404 883 770 86 litres).There are four quarts in a gallon and eight pints in a gallon, which have different volumes in different systems.