Centilitre
one 100th of a liter, equivalent to 0.6102 cubic inch, or 0.338 U.S. fluid ounce.
Abbreviation: cl.
noun
one hundredth of a litre
n.
also centilitre, 1801, from French centilitre; see centi- + liter.
centiliter cen·ti·li·ter (sěn’tə-lē’tər)
n.
A unit of volume equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a liter or ten milliliters.
centiliter
(sěn’tə-lē’tər)
A unit of volume in the metric system equal to 0.01 liter. See Table at measurement.
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