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Hectoliter

Hectoliter \Hec"to*li`ter\, Hectolitre \Hec"to*li`tre\, n. [F. hectolitre, fr. Gr. ? hundred + F. litre a liter.] A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 261/2 gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 25/6 Winchester bushels.

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hectoliter

n. (alternative spelling of hectolitre English)

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hectoliter

n. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters [syn: hectolitre, hl]

Usage examples of "hectoliter".

In 1916 the confederation of Algerian winegrowers gave the French poilus fifty thousand hectoliters of wine.

Average annual production, sixty-three million hectoliters, what on earth is a hectoliter?

A League accountant looks at the entry in her ledgers and sees forty-five hundred hectares, yieldin' so-and-so many tonnes of wheat and fodder, x hundred hectoliters of wine and y of olive oil per year.