Betekenis van imperial In het Nederlands

• 0 belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that rules it:

  • Imperial China

  • Britain's imperial past

  • the Imperial palace

  • imperial grandeur

• 1 The imperial system of measurement uses units such as inches, miles, and pints:

  • Imperial units have in many cases been replaced by metric ones in Britain.

• 2 relating to a government or country that controls or rules other countries:

  • imperial expansion of American power

  • the imperial tradition of Britain

• 3 used to describe a UK system of measurement that uses units such as inches, ounces, and pints:

  • Suppliers will be told to change labels to imperial and metric on pre-packed foods.