: a unit of liquid capacity equal to 231 cubic inches or four quarts see Weights and Measures Table
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Hundreds of gallons of water pour from an opening in the rock every second.
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Greg Allen, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
There, water is pumped uphill into three tanks, each with a capacity of 1 million gallons of water.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Center pivot sprinklers can disperse hundreds of gallons per minute from a well, 24 hours a day, for weeks or months on end.
—David Newcomb, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Among the aircraft supplied by the association are helicopters, like Blackhawks and ACH 47 Chinooks, and air tankers, like Grumman S-2T and Lockheed C-130H planes, carrying thousands of gallons of water.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Greg Allen, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
There, water is pumped uphill into three tanks, each with a capacity of 1 million gallons of water.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Center pivot sprinklers can disperse hundreds of gallons per minute from a well, 24 hours a day, for weeks or months on end.
—David Newcomb, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Among the aircraft supplied by the association are helicopters, like Blackhawks and ACH 47 Chinooks, and air tankers, like Grumman S-2T and Lockheed C-130H planes, carrying thousands of gallons of water.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Gallon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gallon. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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gallon
noun
gal·lon
ˈgal-ən 
1
: a United States unit of liquid capacity equal to four quarts or 231 cubic inches or 3.785 liters
2
: a British unit of liquid and dry capacity equal to four quarts or 277.42 cubic inches or 4.544 liters
called also imperial gallon
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