gallon (gal)

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• gallon — [ galɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1669; mot angl., anglo norm. galon ♦ Mesure anglo saxonne de capacité utilisée pour les grains et les liquides, égale à 4,54 litres en Grande Bretagne et au Canada, et à 3,78 litres aux États Unis. Le gallon canadien correspond… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• gallon — gal‧lon [ˈgælən] noun [countable] 1. a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 4.5435 litres: • A price increase of 2p on a litre of petrol is equal to a rise of more than 9p a gallon. • a 12.6 million gallon cargo of industrial oil 2. a unit for… …   Financial and business terms

• gal. — gal. gal. also gall written abbreviation for gallon * * * gal. UK US noun MEASURES ► WRITTEN ABBREVIATION for GALLON(Cf. ↑gallon) …   Financial and business terms

• gallon — [gal′ən] n. [ME galoun < NormFr galon < OFr jalon < VL * gallone < stem of LL galleta, a jug] 1. a) a unit of liquid measure, equal to 4 liquid quarts (3.7854 liquid liters): the British and Canadian imperial gallon equals 4.54596… …   English World dictionary

• Gallon — Gal lon, n. [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr. galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. {Gill} a measure.] A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gal. — abbr. Galatians (New Testament). * * * gallon; gallons. * * * Gal. (Bible) abbrev (the Letter to the) Galatians * * * gal. abbreviation gallon Thesaurus: units for measuring amounts of liquidhyponym * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Gal. — abbr. Galatians (New Testament). * * * Galatians. * * * Gal. (Bible) abbrev (the Letter to the) Galatians * * * gal. abbreviation gallon Thesaurus: units for measuring amounts of liquidhyponym * * * gal1 « …   Useful english dictionary

• gallon — A measure of U.S. liquid capacity containing 4 quarts, 231 cu. in., or 8.3293 pounds of distilled water at 20°C; it is the equivalent of 3.785412 L. The British imperial g. contains 277.4194 cu. in. [O.Fr. galon] * * * gal·lon gal ən n 1) a U.S.… …   Medical dictionary

• Gal (unit) — Not to be confused with gallon. Gravity anomalies covering the Southern Ocean are shown here in false color relief. Amplitudes range between 30 mGal (magenta) to +30 mGal (red). This image has been normalized to remove variation due to… …   Wikipedia

• Gal (acceleration) — The gal, sometimes called galileo, (symbol Gal) is a unit of acceleration used extensively in the science of gravimetry. [Barry N. Taylor, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), 1995, NIST Special Publication 811,… …   Wikipedia

• Gallon US — Gallon Un gallon US (0,8 gal Imp; 3,8 litres) Le gallon (symbole : gal) est une unité de volume anglo saxonne, utilisée pour mesurer les liquides. Le gallon impérial (symbole gal GB ou gal Imp) vaut 160 onces liquides du… …   Wikipédia en Français