What's the difference between litre and metric?

Litre


Definition:

  • (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
  • (n.) Same as Liter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The amount of 15N incorporated into the proteins in 1 litre plasma attained up to 3% of the given dose.
  • (2) If bitter, pour it out and measure 1.4 litres of water.
  • (3) During the growth of Azotobacter vinelandii in batch culture in Burk's 2% glucose medium supplemented with 50 mg EDTA per litre, water-insoluble capsular polysaccaride material accumulated in cultures prior to the appearance of water-soluble polysaccharide in the culture medium.
  • (4) The resulting error signal controlled the infusion rates of a concentrated potassium chloride solution (50 or 200 mmol litre-1) and a solution of 50% glucose with insulin 200 u litre-1.
  • (5) Disopyramide 5 X 10(-5) - 10(-3) mol litre-1 produced a concentration-dependent reduction of twitch amplitude in the indirectly stimulated chick biventer cervicis preparation, but greater concentrations were required to reduce twitches elicited directly in the presence of erabutoxin-b 1 microgram ml-1.
  • (6) In humans, clinically relevant plasma concentrations of propofol have been reported to be 1-5 x 10(-5) mol litre-1, 97-99% of which is bound to plasma proteins.
  • (7) Tesco, the UK’s biggest petrol retailer with 499 outlets and more than 16% market share, cut petrol and diesel by 1p a litre at all of its petrol stations from lunchtime on Thursday.
  • (8) A mixture of SNP 1 mmol litre-1 and glutathione (GSH) 1 mmol litre-1 inhibited the oxygen uptake more markedly (by 75.9%).
  • (9) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
  • (10) A method for processing 3 litres of human plasma for the purification of phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol acyltransferase is described.
  • (11) We have compared an alternative breathing system for preoxygenation comprising a Hudson face mask with high oxygen inflow (48 litre min-1) and a Mapleson A breathing system (100 ml kg-1 min-1).
  • (12) We also examined the effects of the infusion of two litres of dialysate on airways resistance (Raw) using total body plethysmography and on arterial blood gasses.
  • (13) Overall, 86% of the volumes filtered per filter were in excess of 6 litres.
  • (14) The code specifies that products containing more than 150mg caffeine per litre must carry the warning: "Not suitable for children, pregnant women and persons sensitive to caffeine."
  • (15) The time required to empty a one litre bag of Ringer's Lactate from a 1.0 meter vertical drop was measured while using four different IV catheters (9.5, 10, 14 and 16 gauge), and the flow rates calculated.
  • (16) In many communities the poor pay 15 cents (9p) per litre for drinking water.
  • (17) Apomorphine showed a high total plasma clearance (165-207 ml min-1 kg-1) and, despite a relatively large volume of distribution (3.4-4.1 litre kg-1), a biological half-life of about 14 min was obtained irrespective of route of administration.
  • (18) A single trained subject sat in a body plethysmograph to measure ventilation and breathed at a constant rate of 15 per minute at three different tidal volumes, of approximately 0.3, 0.6, and 1.2 litres, from the mouthpiece in the plethysmograph.
  • (19) Farmers were paid an average 23.66p per litre for milk in June, down 10% since January and 25% lower than a year ago, according to AHDB Dairy , the British dairy organisation.
  • (20) Intensive training can lead to extraordinary levels of cardiac performance as shown in a world-class athlete who during peak exercise attained a heart rate of 210, an ejection fraction of 97%, and a cardiac output of 56 litres per minute.

Metric


Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two mechanisms are evident in chicks' spatial representations: a metric frame for encoding the spatial arrangement of surfaces as surfaces and a cue-guidance system for encoding conspicuous landmarks near the target.
  • (2) This gives us the foundations to consider the method of evaluation of phenetic distances between natural groups of animals for the set of non-metric threshold skeletal traits more suitable for detection of genetical differentiation of wild populations.
  • (3) In reviewing recent progress concerning the motor system and drug action, the following subjects will be discussed on the basis of our data: 1) the mechanisms of action of mephenesin and baclofen, 2) baclofen and gamma-aminobutyric acid B (GABAB) receptor, 3) GABA-, benzodiazepine receptors, 4) control of spinal motor system by descending noradrenergic neuron, 5) pharmacology of the muscle spindle, and 6) pharmaco-metrics of centrally acting muscle relaxants.
  • (4) It is clear that the metric takes something – biodiversity and habitats – that are inherently very complex and tries to simplify them for easier decision-making.
  • (5) There are still areas where we focus on targets rather than outcomes as the key metrics of whether the NHS is performing well … We need to have a broader measure of what success is in the NHS and we need to do some careful thinking about how we achieve that.
  • (6) Forty-eight cranial metric and twenty-five cranial non-metric traits were scored on the left side of adult male crania from four North American Indian populations.
  • (7) But this metric is a good way to reward original source-finding.
  • (8) In addition, an electric field exposure metric is mechanistically consistent with a cell-surface interaction site.
  • (9) Multimeasurable systemic models have been constructed to demonstrate how quantitative indices of metrical properties of the capillaries depend on the cardiac size.
  • (10) It will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 900m metric tonnes, and save the equivalent of last year's imports of oil from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya and Nigeria combined.
  • (11) Some metric parameters (height and width, sizes of the isthmus the an angle between the corns) are given with the purpose of greater precision of roentgenological interpretation.
  • (12) The original metric system based on lenght (centimetre), mass (gramme) and time (second) has proved inadequate.
  • (13) These endeavoured to achieve a comprehension of the higher cortical functions on a metric basis.
  • (14) The distal phalanges are complete, however, and were analyzed metrically utilizing univariate and multivariate statistical techniques.
  • (15) By means of pH-metric and fluorescent analysis it was shown that vasopressin interacts with other membrane structures which have no specific receptors--phosphatidylcholinic liposomes and vesicles of sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscles causing increasing permeability of phospholipid bilayer for Ca2+ ions.
  • (16) Added to this there are varying interpretations of the metric with at least three different calculation tools that CIEEM is aware of.
  • (17) Neanderthal teeth were significantly more metrically asymmetric than those of either Australopithecus or H. erectus, with population differences in asymmetry centered in the maxillary teeth.
  • (18) These days, rat poison is not just sown in the earth by the truckload, it is rained from helicopters that track the rats with radar – in 2011 80 metric tonnes of poison-laced bait were dumped on to Henderson Island, home to one of the last untouched coral reefs in the South Pacific.
  • (19) FORTRAN IV programs allow calculation of surface area, villous heights, and component volumes in metric units, and of volume proportions, volume-to-volume ratios, and surface-to-volume ratios.
  • (20) The occlusal contacts of teeth in a dentition have been analysed metrically with the aid of a new method.