This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1964/accepted/litre
Definition name: litre
Unit name: litre
Latin symbol: l
Display symbol: l
Description: The litre, or liter is a unit of volume equal to a cubic decimetre (1 dm³), with meter defined according to the 1960 SI units.
"The 12th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) [...] declares that the word 'litre' may be employed as a special name for the cubic decimetre" [12th CGPM meeting (1964), resolution 6].
Resources:
JSON definition:
{
"$id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1964/accepted/litre",
"$schema": "https://schemas.optimade.org/meta/v1.2/optimade/physical_unit_definition.json",
"title": "litre",
"symbol": "l",
"display-symbol": "l",
"alternate-symbols": [
"L",
"liter"
],
"description": "The litre, or liter is a unit of volume equal to a cubic decimetre (1 dm\u00b3), with meter defined according to the 1960 SI units.\n\n\"The 12th Conf\u00e9rence G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) [...] declares that the word 'litre' may be employed as a special name for the cubic decimetre\" [12th CGPM meeting (1964), resolution 6].",
"resources": [
{
"relation": "Definition at the 12th CGPM meeting (1964), resolution 6",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/12-1964/resolution-6"
},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre"
}
],
"defining-relation": {
"base-units": [
{
"symbol": "m",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/metre"
}
],
"base-units-expression": "m^3",
"scale": {
"exponent": -3
}
},
"x-optimade-definition": {
"label": "litre_si_1964_accepted",
"kind": "unit",
"format": "1.2",
"version": "1.2.0",
"name": "litre"
}
}