Weights and measures [L]
Labor: Old Mexican measurement of surface = 7,222.056 a.
Laster: Measurement of capacity, in Argentina = 2 tons = 15 fanegas.
Legua: Itinerary and surface measure.
In Argentina (old):
1 league = 40 blocks = 6,000 varas = 5,196 m.
1 league² = 1,600 square blocks = 26,998,416 m²
In Spain, the most common itinerary league is = 5.572699 km = 10,000 steps = 6.666 and ⅔ varas.
Corral League : Cuban measure of surface = 14.12888 km² = 3,491.3994 acres = 1,412.8883 ha.
Libra: Generalized weight in most European and American countries, mainly in Spanish-speaking ones.
In Argentina, the most common pound in commerce is = 0.4594 kg and the one used in pharmacy, 12 ounces = 0.34504716 kg.
In Spain 1 pound = 16 ounces.
The Castilian pound = 460.093 kg.
Oil pound: In Alicante = 0.6 liters and, monthly = 0.502 liters.
Carnicera pound: Spanish weight, especially for meat and fresh fish = 36 ounces = 920 g. In Barcelona = 1,200 g.
Pound of chocolate: Weight used only for this article.
Troy Pound (Pound): Weight = 12 troy ounces = 373.248 g.
Line: Longitudinal measurement of 12 points = to 1/12 inches.
In Argentina = 2 mm.
In Spain = 1.9350 mm.
In Navarre = 1.81652 mm.
Link: Survey measure = 7.92 inches.
Liter of grain: Spanish measure of capacity. In Asturias = 1.726 quart.
Loan: Surface unit. In the Philippines = 400 varas²
Lumen (lm): SI derived unit The lumen is the luminous flux emitted at the solid angle of 1 steradian by a uniform point source having an intensity of 1 candela.
Lunation: Natural space of time = 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 2.8 seconds = the time between two consecutive conjunctions of the Moon with the Sun.
Five years : Period of time = 5 years = a five-year period. This term is due to the Romans when they paid their taxes to the State every 5 years.
Lux (lx): SI derived unit Optical measurement. Illumination of a surface that normally receives, evenly distributed, a luminous flux of one lumen per m²
