hectoliter

American  

[hek-tuh-lee-ter] / ˈhɛk təˌli tər /

especially British, hectolitre or hektoliter

noun

1. a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. hl

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Etymology

Origin of hectoliter

From the French word hectolitre, dating back to 1800–10. See hecto-, liter

Example Sentences

The country’s largest brewer, the Radeberger Group, which owns Radeberger and Schöfferhofer beers, also increased prices this spring by €8.50 per hectoliter of beer, an increase of about 6 percent.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

A hectoliter is the equivalent of 100 liters, or around 133 standard wine bottles.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

That’s 24 to 30% less than last year – with one hectoliter equivalent to around 133 standard wine bottles.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021

We obtain thus a hydrogenizing surface of 1,800 square meters, or 12 square meters per hectoliter of impure spirits of 50° to 60° Gay-Lussac.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

Society can easily calculate how many hours are contained in a steam engine, in a hectoliter of last year's wheat, in a hundred square meters of cloth of a certain quality.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel