liters per hundred kilometers
- noun
- UK
:
litros por cada cien kilómetros
- This model achieves a fuel efficiency of 6 liters per hundred kilometers on the highway.
Examples
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The car consumes 5 liters per hundred kilometers.
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European cars are usually rated by liters per hundred kilometers, not by miles per gallon.
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Drivers often compare liters per hundred kilometers figures when choosing a new car.
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Can you tell me the liters per hundred kilometers for this model?
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Many consumers look for cars with low liters per hundred kilometers ratings to save on fuel costs.
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When planning a road trip, it's important to know your car's liters per hundred kilometers to estimate fuel expenses.
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A vehicle that uses only 4 liters per hundred kilometers is considered very fuel-efficient.
Synonyms
34
2.9
How many miles a vehicle can travel on one gallon of fuel
13
2.7
How far a car can travel on one gallon of fuel
12
3.0
The number of miles a car can drive on one gallon of fuel
1
3.9
Amount of fuel a vehicle like a car uses for a certain distance or time
The number of liters of fuel a vehicle uses to travel one hundred kilometers
How many miles a car can travel on one gallon of gas
Surface Forms
Morphology
liter + per + hundred + kilometer
The phrase is fully compositional: 'liter' (unit of volume) + 'per' (indicating rate) + 'hundred kilometers' (distance unit) directly yields 'amount of fuel in liters used to travel 100 km'. This rate-format is cross-linguistically common and follows standard numeric + unit constructions, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The measurement liters per hundred kilometers comes from the metric way of measuring fuel use: people count how many liters of fuel a car uses to drive hundred kilometers. So this number shows a car's 'fuel consumption' and helps you compare which car uses less fuel.