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British gallon — Chiefly Brit. See Imperial gallon … Useful english dictionary
British anti-invasion preparations of World War II — entailed a large scale division of military and civilian mobilization in response to the threat of invasion by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941. The army needed to recover from the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and 1.5… … Wikipedia
gallon — [gal′ən] n. [ME galoun < NormFr galon < OFr jalon < VL * gallone < stem of LL galleta, a jug] 1. a) a unit of liquid measure, equal to 4 liquid quarts (3.7854 liquid liters): the British and Canadian imperial gallon equals 4.54596… … English World dictionary
gallon — (gal) 1. a traditional unit of liquid volume, derived from the Roman galeta, which originally meant a pailful. Gallons of various sizes have been used in Europe ever since Roman times. In the United States, the liquid gallon is legally defined … Dictionary of units of measurement
British Imperial System — ▪ measurement system British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measurestraditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from… … Universalium
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 g. contains 277.4194 cu. in. [O.Fr. galon] * * * gal·lon gal ən n 1) a U.S.… … Medical dictionary
gallon — /gal euhn/, n. a common unit of capacity in English speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbr.:… … Universalium
British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures — ▪ Table British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures unit abbreviation or symbol equivalents in other units of same system metric equivalent Weight Avoirdupois1 avdp ton short ton 20 short hundredweight, or 2,000 pounds 0 … Universalium
British capacity unit — noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet • Syn: ↑Imperial capacity unit • Hypernyms: ↑liquid unit, ↑liquid measure, ↑dry unit, ↑dry measure • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
gallon — Imperial Im*pe ri*al, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. imp[ e]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
