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== SI prefixes applied to the litre==

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The litre, though not an official SI unit, may be used with [[SI prefix]]es. The most commonly used derived unit is the millilitre, defined as one-thousandth of a litre, and also often referred to by the SI derived unit name "cubic centimetre". It is a commonly used measure, especially in medicine, cooking and automotive engineering. Other units may be found in the table below, where the more often used terms are in bold. However, some authorities advise against some of them; for example, in the United States, [[NIST]] advocates using the millilitre or litre instead of the centilitre.<ref>Kenneth Butcher, Linda Crown, Elizabeth J. Gentry (2006), [http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/SP1038.pdf The International System of Units (SI) – Conversion Factors for General Use]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160710/http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/SP1038.pdf |date=27 May 2010 }}, NIST Special Publication 1038.</ref> There are two international standard symbols for the litre: L and l. In the United States the former is preferred because of the risk that (in some fonts) the letter {{code|l}} and the [[Numerical digit|digit]] {{code|1}} may be confused.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-5-units-outside-si#table6 |title= Table 6. Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI by the CIPM and this Guide | publisher= [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] | author1= A. Thompson | author2= B. N. Taylor |journal= NIST | orig-year= First published 2 July 2009 | date = 4 March 2020 | access-date= 30 March 2020}} See footnote (b).</ref>

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! Multiple !! Name !!colspan="2"| Symbols !!colspan="2"| Equivalent volume
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| 10<sup>−30</sup>&nbsp;L || quectolitre || qL || ql || 10<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;pm<sup>3</sup> || thousand cubic picometres
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| 10<sup>−27</sup>&nbsp;L || rontolitre || rL || rl || 10<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;pm<sup>3</sup> || million cubic picometres
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| 10<sup>−24</sup>&nbsp;L || yoctolitre || yL || yl || nm<sup>3</sup> || cubic nanometre
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| 10<sup>−21</sup>&nbsp;L || zeptolitre || zL || zl || 10<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;nm<sup>3</sup> || thousand cubic nanometres
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| 10<sup>−18</sup>&nbsp;L || attolitre || aL || al || 10<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;nm<sup>3</sup> || million cubic nanometres
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| 10<sup>−15</sup>&nbsp;L || femtolitre || fL || fl || μm<sup>3</sup> || cubic micrometre
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| 10<sup>−12</sup>&nbsp;L || picolitre || pL || pl || 10<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;μm<sup>3</sup> || thousand cubic micrometres
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| 10<sup>−9</sup>&nbsp;L || nanolitre || nL || nl || 10<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;μm<sup>3</sup> || million cubic micrometres
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| 10<sup>−6</sup>&nbsp;L || '''microlitre''' || μL || μl || mm<sup>3</sup> || cubic millimetre
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| 10<sup>−3</sup>&nbsp;L || '''millilitre''' || mL || ml || cm<sup>3</sup> || cubic centimetre
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| 10<sup>−2</sup>&nbsp;L || '''centilitre''' || cL || cl || 10<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup> || ten cubic centimetres
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| 10<sup>−1</sup>&nbsp;L || '''decilitre''' || dL || dl || 10<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup> || hundred cubic centimetres
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| 10<sup>0</sup>&nbsp;L || '''litre''' || L || l || dm<sup>3</sup> || cubic decimetre
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| 10<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;L || decalitre || daL || dal || 10<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;dm<sup>3</sup> || ten cubic decimetres
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| 10<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;L || hectolitre || hL || hl || 10<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;dm<sup>3</sup> || hundred cubic decimetres
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| 10<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;L || '''kilolitre''' || kL || kl || m<sup>3</sup> || cubic metre
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| 10<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;L || '''megalitre''' || ML || Ml || dam<sup>3</sup> || cubic decametre, 1&nbsp;million litres
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| 10<sup>9</sup>&nbsp;L || '''gigalitre''' || GL || Gl || hm<sup>3</sup> || cubic hectometre
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| 10<sup>12</sup>&nbsp;L || teralitre || TL || Tl || km<sup>3</sup> || cubic kilometre
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| 10<sup>15</sup>&nbsp;L || petalitre || PL || Pl || 10<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;km<sup>3</sup> || thousand cubic kilometres
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| 10<sup>18</sup>&nbsp;L || exalitre || EL || El || 10<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;km<sup>3</sup> || million cubic kilometres
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| 10<sup>21</sup>&nbsp;L || zettalitre || ZL || Zl || Mm<sup>3</sup> || cubic megametre
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| 10<sup>24</sup>&nbsp;L || yottalitre || YL || Yl || 10<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;Mm<sup>3</sup> || thousand cubic megametres
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| 10<sup>27</sup>&nbsp;L || ronnalitre|| RL || Rl || 10<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;Mm<sup>3</sup> || million cubic megametres
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| 10<sup>30</sup>&nbsp;L || quettalitre || QL || Ql || Gm<sup>3</sup> || cubic gigametre
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