kiloliter

/'kilou,litə/ Cách viết khác : (kiloliter) /'kilou,litə/

Thân thiện

A large water tank holds one kiloliter for the community garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1,000 liters: A "kiloliter" is a standard metric measurement for liquid or gas volume, equivalent to one thousand liters or one cubic meter.

Usage

• The word "kiloliter" is used as a countable noun to specify a precise, large volume of a substance, typically liquids like water or fuel, or gases.
• It is commonly used in scientific, industrial, agricultural, and municipal contexts (e.g., water management, chemical production, fuel storage).

Examples

• Noun:
  • The reservoir's capacity is 500 kiloliters.
  • The factory uses several kiloliters of water in its cooling process each day.
  • Fuel is often transported in tankers holding multiple kiloliters.

Advanced Usage

• "kiloliter per hour (kL/h)": A unit of flow rate.
  • The pump has a maximum flow rate of 10 kiloliters per hour.
• Used in compound units for specific measurements like "kiloliter-hectare" in agricultural water usage calculations.

Variants and Related Words

• Kilolitre (noun): The British English spelling of "kiloliter". The meaning is identical.
• kL (abbreviation): The standard written abbreviation for kiloliter.
  • The invoice listed a delivery of 15 kL of diesel.

Synonyms

• Cubic meter (m³) (noun): A unit of volume equal to one kiloliter. These terms are often used interchangeably in scientific and engineering contexts.
  • One cubic meter of water is equivalent to one kiloliter.

Notes on Meaning

• The "kilo-" prefix denotes a factor of one thousand, as in or .
• While "liter" is a unit of volume, "kiloliter" is not typically used in everyday conversation for household volumes; it is a unit for industrial or large-scale measurement.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters

Từ đồng nghĩa

• kilolitre
• cubic meter
• cubic metre