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11miles per gallon — noun the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel • Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit * * * miles to the/per/a/gallon phrase the number of miles a vehicle …
12grain per gallon — (gpg.) A common basis for reporting water analyses in the watertreatment industry in the United States and Canada. One grain per U.S. gallon equals 17.12 milligrams per liter [6] …
13per — It is a sound general rule not to use this Latin word when an English equivalent exists and is idiomatic: it is better, for example, to say The salary is £40,000 a year rather than The salary is £40,000 per year, and We will send the goods by… …
14grain per gallon — (gr/gal or gpg) a traditional unit measuring the hardness of water. Water is hard if it contains dissolved minerals such as calcium or magnesium salts. 1 gpg is equivalent to about 17.118 milligrams per liter (mg/L). This unit is also called… …
15Gallon — The gallon is a measure of volume. Historically it has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use. There is the imperial gallon (≈ 4.546 l) which is used in the United Kingdom[1] and is in semi… …
16gallon — gal|lon [ˈgælən] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old North French; Origin: Medieval Latin galeta liquid container, liquid measure ] 1.) written abbreviation gal a unit for measuring liquids, equal to eight ↑pints. In Britain this is 4.55 litres, and in the …
17per — /perr/; unstressed /peuhr/, prep. 1. for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard. 2. by means of; by; through: I am sending the recipe per messenger. 3. according to; in accordance with: I… …
18per — [[t]pɜr[/t]] unstressed [[t]pər[/t]] prep. 1) use for or in each or every; a or an: Membership costs $10 per year[/ex] 2) according to; in accordance with: I delivered the box per your instructions[/ex] 3) by means of; by; through: Send it per… …
19per — I. preposition Etymology: Latin, through, by means of, by more at for Date: 14th century 1. by the means or agency of ; through < per bearer > 2. with respect to every member of a specified group ; for each 3. according to often used with as …
20per — preposition /pɜː(ɹ),pɝ/ a) for each Admission is £10 per person. b) used in expressing ratios of units miles per gallon See Also: per , perfect, perfection, perplex …
