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Petrol vs Litre - What's the difference?

petrol | litre |

As nouns the difference between petrol and litre

is that petrol is (chiefly|au|nz|uk) petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel while litre is the metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre symbols: l, l,.

petrol

English

(wikipedia petrol)

Noun

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  • (chiefly, AU, NZ, UK) Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
  • * 1987 October 29, Advertisement, , page 31,
    • We were the first company to introduce unleaded petrol in Britain, opening our first pump in June 1986.
  • * 2000 September 27, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, Second Session , Volume 146, Part 14, page 19605,
    • European oil firms are beginning to follow the example of their American counterparts by adding convenience stores to their pumps: the typical American petrol station now makes some 40 percent of its profits from the sale of non-oil products, such as cigarettes and beer.
  • * 2003 , S. Srinivasan, Automotive Mechanics , Tata McGraw Hill, India, 2nd Edition, page 149,
    • At a crank angle 6° before the TDC, the electric spark ignites the petrol mixture.
  • * 2006 February 10, Kenya Gazette , page 354,
    • He also admitted that when big trucks bring in petrol , they park along Langata Road.
  • * 2006 August, Economic Scenario'', '' , page 218,
    • The increase in rates comes just a few days after India raised petrol prices by 9-2% and diesel prices by 6-6% which boosed inflation expectations in Indian economy.
  • * 2008 , Robin Stonecash, Joshua Gans, Stephen King, Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Macroeconomics , Cengage Learning Australia, page 122,
    • Most major Australian cities receive their petrol from a single refinery.

    Synonyms

    * (US) gasoline, gas

    Derived terms

    * petrol bomb * petrol station * petrol tank

    See also

    * diesel * kerosene * leaded * lead-free * paraffin * petroil * unleaded

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    litre

    English

    (wikipedia litre)

    Alternative forms

    * (US ) liter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L,
    • You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.
  • (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.

    • Usage notes

    * The litre is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with SI units. The official SI symbols are the capital or lower-case roman L. The script symbol , while not officially sanctioned, was sometimes used in non-technical contexts to prevent the lower-case roman l from being confused with 1, the number one.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "litre")

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