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cl

cl

4.1
A small measure for liquid equal to one hundredth of a liter
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The recipe calls for 10 cl of milk to make the sauce.

Examples

  • The bottle contained 50 cl of wine, perfect for two glasses.

  • - He owns a dry-cl...

    Chances Are (1989)

  • Cl...

    I Origins (2014)

  • The composite adherence scores did not differ significantly between groups (d = 1.48%, 95% CL -- 8.15, 11.11, P = .76).

    Blog text (20)

  • She measured 25 cl of water for the recipe.

Synonyms

centiliter
vscl
  • Specialized
1 4.7

A small unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

uses a shortened symbol instead of the full word form

Surface Forms

cl singular
cls plural

Etymology

The abbreviation cl stands for centilitre, formed from centi- 'hundredth' and litre, the common unit for liquids. So a cl is one 'hundredth' of a litre, like dividing a litre into 100 small parts.