Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Physical Attributes Facet
3. Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)
4. [attributes and properties by specific type]
5. form attributes
6. size/dimensions
7. [size/dimensions by unit]
8. [size/dimension units for volume]

Anotations

Scope note:

Metric units of capacity equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters, which is 1 cubic decimeter or around 1.75 pints; a liter is represented by a cube having an edge measuring 1/10 of a mete. From 1901 to 1964, a liter was temporarily redefined as the volume of a kilogramme of water under specified conditions, equal to approximately 1.000,028 cubic decimeters.