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# How many milliliters are in one liter?

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One liter is equal to 1,000 milliliters. In the metric system, the prefix "milli-" is used before basic units, such as liter, gram and meter, to indicate that the measurement is one-thousandth of that basic unit.

Other common prefixes that precede basic units are deci-, centi- and kilo-. Deci- indicates one-tenth of the basic unit, so 10 deciliters make 1 liter. Centi- means one-hundredth, so 100 centiliters make up 1 liter. Kilo- indicates 1,000. A kiloliter is 1,000 liters. Because the metric system is based on powers of 10, conversions within the system often require little more than moving the decimal point to the right or left.

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A milliliter is 1/1,000 of a liter, meaning that there are 1,000 milliliters in a liter. A liter is a measurement of volume in the metric system. Converting to different units of volume within the system is easy and generally requires only moving the decimal point.

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