The teaspoon equals 4.929 ml in the US, rounded to 5 ml in most recipes and on medication labels. The relationship 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon is universal across US, UK and metric systems. Precision medicine and small-volume cooking rely on teaspoons.
Real-world: 1 teaspoon of sugar = 4 g = 16 calories. Salt in a recipe often ยฝ to 1 tsp per 500 g food.
Read full teaspoon reference โThe UK imperial gallon equals 4.54609 litres exactly. Defined in 1824 as the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62 ยฐF. Still used for fuel economy reporting in the UK and some older industrial contexts. The UK imperial gallon is about 20% larger than the US gallon.
Real-world: UK petrol sold by litre since 1995, but economy is quoted in UK mpg: a diesel car at 60 mpg (UK) uses 4.7 L/100 km.
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