litry

Litry is the Polish plural form of the unit of volume known in English as liters. A litr measures one liter, which is defined as the volume of a cube 10 centimeters on each side and equals 0.001 cubic meters. The liter is widely used to express volumes of liquids and other substances in everyday life, industry, and science. In Polish and many other languages that use the metric system, litry is the common way to refer to quantities such as beverage volumes, fuel, or household liquids. The symbol for the liter is typically L or l; the uppercase form is often preferred to avoid confusion with the digit 1.

Technically, the liter is not an official SI unit, but it is accepted for use with the SI. It is defined as one cubic decimeter (dm^3). This makes the relationships straightforward: 1 L = 1000 cm^3 = 0.001 m^3. Because it is a convenient unit for everyday measures, liters are ubiquitous in consumer packaging, food and beverage labeling, medical dosing, and vehicle fuel economy (often expressed as liters per 100 kilometers in many countries).

Common conversions include: 1 L ≈ 0.264172 US gallons and ≈ 0.219969 imperial gallons; 1 L ≈ 33.814 US fluid ounces. The liter remains the predominant unit for liquid volumes in many parts of the world, even as some contexts use milliliters for smaller quantities and cubic meters for larger scales.