Look up: gallon

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   Gallon
   The gallon is a unit of capacity measurement equivalent to 4 quarts or 4.546 litres, 8 pints.
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   gallon
   [n] - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters 2. [n] - United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
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   Gallon
   This unit of volume is defined in the British and American system of units. The US gallon is also know as the Winchester gallon.Note: 1 UK gallon = 1.2 US gallons.Old DefinitionThe Imperial (UK) gallon contains 277.274 in³ of distilled water at the temperature of 62°F, with a barometer standing at 30 inches, and weighs 10lbs of distilled...
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   gallon
   Gallon (US) is a unit of volume equal to 3.785412 L. Gallon (UK, Imperial) is a unit of volume equal to 4.546090 L.
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   Gallon
   Definition (undergraduate level) An Imperial measure of capacity. <br /> 1 gallon = 8 pints. <br /> 1 imperial gallon (1 gal) is about 4.546099 litres. <br /> An American gallon is about 3.785412 litres.
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   Gallon
   Gal'lon noun [ OF galon , jalon , Late Latin galo , galona , from galum a liquid measure; confer French jale large bowl. Confer Gill a measure.] A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure. » The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches ...
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   gallon
   A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure. ... The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder o ...
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   gallon
   noun United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
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   gallon
   congius noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
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    Gallon
    There are three definitions in current use: * `U.S. liquid gallon` is legally defined as 231 cubic inches, and is equal to 3.785411784 litres (exactly) or about 0.13368 cubic feet. This is the most common definition of a gallon in the USA. The U.S. fluid ounce is defined as 1/128 of a U.S. gallon. * `U.S. dry gallon` is one-eighth of a U.S. `Winchester` bushel of 2150.42 cubic inches, thus 268.8025 cubic inches (exactly) or 4.40488...
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    gallon
    (gal´on) a measure of liquid volume, 4 quarts. A standard gallon (United States) is 3.785 liters or 3785 mL; an imperial gallon (Great Britain) is 4.546 liters or 4546 mL.
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    Gallon
    • (n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
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    gallon
    (from the article `British Imperial System`) ...on the basis of precise definitions of selected existing units. The 1824 act sanctioned a single imperial gallon to replace the wine, ale, and ... The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 sought to clear away some of the medieval tangle. A single gallon was decreed, defined as the volume occup...
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    gallon
    A measure of U.S. liquid capacity containing 4 quarts, 231 cu. in., or 8.3293 pounds of distilled water at 20°C; it is the equivalent of 3.785412 L. The British imperial gallon contains 277.4194 cu. in. [O.Fr. galon]
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    gallon
    gallon: see English units of measurement.
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