gallon 音标拼音: [g'ælən]
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gallon n 1 :
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3 .
785 liters [
synonym : {
gallon }, {
gal }]
2 :
a British imperial capacity measure (
liquid or dry )
equal to 4 quarts or 4 .
545 liters [
synonym : {
gallon }, {
Imperial gallon },
{
congius }]
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 .
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Note :
The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches ,
or 8 .
3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density ,
and with the barometer at 30 inches .
This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in height ,
and is the same as the old English wine gallon .
The beer gallon ,
now little used in the United States ,
contains 282 cubic inches .
The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at 62 ?
of Fahrenheit ,
and barometer at 30 inches ,
equal to 277 .
274 cubic inches .
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Imperial \
Im *
pe "
ri *
al \,
a . [
OE .
emperial ,
OF .
emperial ,
F .
imp ['
e ]
rial ,
fr .
L .
imperialis ,
fr .
imperium command ,
sovereignty ,
empire .
See {
Empire }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to an empire ,
or to an emperor ;
as ,
an imperial government ;
imperial authority or edict .
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The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome . --
Shak .
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2 .
Belonging to ,
or suitable to ,
supreme authority ,
or one who wields it ;
royal ;
sovereign ;
supreme . "
The imperial democracy of Athens ." --
Mitford .
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Who ,
as Ulysses says ,
opinion crowns With an imperial voice . --
Shak .
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To tame the proud ,
the fetter '
d slave to free ,
These are imperial arts ,
and worthy thee . --
Dryden .
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He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle . --
E .
Everett .
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3 .
Of superior or unusual size or excellence ;
as ,
imperial paper ;
imperial tea ,
etc .
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{
Imperial bushel }, {
gallon },
etc .
See {
Bushel }, {
Gallon },
etc .
{
Imperial chamber },
the ,
the sovereign court of the old German empire .
{
Imperial city },
under the first German empire ,
a city having no head but the emperor .
{
Imperial diet },
an assembly of all the states of the German empire .
{
Imperial drill }. (
Manuf .)
See under 8th {
Drill }.
{
Imperial eagle }. (
Zool .)
See {
Eagle }.
{
Imperial green }.
See {
Paris green },
under {
Green }.
{
Imperial guard },
the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I .
{
Imperial weights and measures },
the standards legalized by the British Parliament .
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