Found 3 items, similar to gallon.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: gallon galon, tiga koma delapan empat liter
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gallon gallon n 1: United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters [syn: gal] 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters [syn: Imperial gallon, congius]
English → English (gcide) Definition: gallon 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. [1913 Webster] The last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. “The imperial democracy of Athens.” --Mitford. [1913 Webster] Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns With an imperial voice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster] 3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc. [1913 Webster] 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]