gigalitre

English

Alternative forms

• (US) gigaliter

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)

Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der.

English giga-

Spanish litrebor.

English litre

English gigalitre

From giga- + litre.

Noun

gigalitre (plural gigalitres)

2. A unit of volume equivalent to 10⁹ litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: GL or Gl.

   Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre < millilitre < litre < kilolitre < megalitre

Related terms

• decalitre
• hectolitre
• kilolitre
• megalitre

Translations

one billion (10⁹; 1,000,000,000) litres

• Bulgarian: гигали́тър m (gigalítăr)
• Finnish: gigalitra (fi)
• French: gigalitre (fr) m
• Galician: xigalitro (gl) m
• Icelandic: gígalítri m
• Spanish: gigalitro (es) m
• Swedish: gigaliter c
• Thai: กิกะลิตร, จิกะลิตร

Anagrams

• liggerati, gigaliter