Imperial capacity unit

DEFINITIONS OF: Imperial capacity unit

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any of various units of capacity; minim
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters; drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters; fluid ounce, fluidounce
a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches); gill
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters; pint
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters; quart
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters; Imperial gallon, congius, gallon
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters; peck
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons; bushel
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks; firkin
a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons; kilderkin
an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons; quarter
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds); hogshead
a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages; chaldron
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels

Type of:: liquid measure, liquid unit
a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers); dry measure, dry unit
a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)

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