- liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre - 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)
--1 is a kind of metric capacity unit
--1 is a part of
--1 has parts: deciliter, decilitre, dldekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre, dal, dkl