Liter (English spelling)

Japanese: リットル(英語表記)liter; litre
Liter (English spelling)
A customary unit of volume. The symbol is l or L. 1 l is another name for 1 dm 3 (Conference General des Poids et Mesures, 1964). When the metric system was established, the mass of 1 dm 3 of pure water at about 4°C, which has the maximum density at standard atmospheric pressure, was defined as 1 kg, and the prototype kilogram was created, and the volume of 1 dm 3 was specifically defined as 1 l . However, due to manufacturing errors in the prototype kilogram, the mass of the prototype was set to 1 kg, and based on the results of precise measurements of the volume of 1 kg of pure water, the unit was revised in 1950 to "1 l is 1.000028 dm 3 ". Since then, confusion between 1 l and 1 dm 3 has become so great that it has been revised again to "1 l is another name for 1 dm 3 ", regardless of the mass of pure water. The unit name comes from the Greek word litras (scale).

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Japanese:
体積の慣用単位。記号は l または L 。 1l は 1dm3 の別称である (1964年国際度量衡総会) 。メートル法が制定されたとき,標準気圧のもとで最大密度をもつ約4℃の純粋の水 1dm3 の質量を 1kg と定めてキログラム原器が作製され,体積 1dm3 を特に 1l とした。しかしキログラム原器の製作誤差のため,逆に原器の質量を 1kg として前記の純水 1kg の体積を精密測定した結果に基づき,1950年に「 1l は 1.000028dm3 である」と改定された。その後 1l と 1dm3 との混乱が著しかったので,純水の質量とは無関係に「 1l は 1dm3 の別称」と再改定されたものである。単位名はギリシア語のリトラ (はかり) に由来する。

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