Sentence:  the other , a shallow concave gradient ( Fig. 1 ) , was produced with a so-called `` cone sphere '' apparatus , the `` cone '' being a 2 - <WSD>liter</WSD> Erlenmeyer flask and the `` sphere , '' a 2 - liter round-bottom flask . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)