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• Ounce — A measure of weight equal to 1/16th of a pound or, metrically, 28.35 grams. The abbreviation for ounce is oz. (An ounce of prevention is reputedly worth a pound of cure.) * * * A weight containing 480 g, or 112 pound troy and apothecaries weight …   Medical dictionary

• ounce — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. uncia, measure, troy ounce, avoirdupois ounce, fluid ounce, one sixteenth of a pound (avoirdupois), one sixteenth of a pint, one twelfth of a pound (troy); see also measure 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A tiny… …   English dictionary for students

• avoirdupois — I. noun Etymology: Middle English avoir de pois goods sold by weight, from Anglo French, literally, goods of weight Date: 15th century 1. avoirdupois weight 2. weight, heaviness; especially personal weight II. adjective Date: 1755 expressed in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Avoirdupois — [ˌævədəˈpɔɪz, ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː] ist ein angloamerikanisches Maßsystem für Masse, das auf einem Pfund bestehend aus 16 Unzen basiert. Es handelt sich hierbei um ein traditionelles Handelsgewicht und wird nicht für Edelmetalle und Arzneien verwendet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Avoirdupois-System —   [englisch ævədə pɔɪz ], in Großbritannien und in den USA allgemein gebräuchliches System von Gewichts beziehungsweise Masseneinheiten, bestehend aus den Einheiten Ton, Cent oder Hundredweight, Cental, Quarter, Stone, Pound, Ounce, Dram und… …   Universal-Lexikon

• Avoirdupois — Av oir*du*pois ([a^]v [ e]r*d[ u]*poiz ), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See {Aver}, n., and {Poise}, n.] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Avoirdupois weight.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Avoirdupois weight — Avoirdupois Av oir*du*pois ([a^]v [ e]r*d[ u]*poiz ), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See {Aver}, n., and {Poise}, n.] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ounce — (ouns), n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. o gkos bulk, mass, atom. Cf. 2d {Inch}, {Oke}.] 1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 4371/2 grains.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ounce — 〈[ aʊns] f.; , s [ aʊnsız]; 〉 in den USA u. Großbritannien übliche Gewichtseinheit, 1 oz = 28,35 g * * * Ounce   [aʊns, englisch] die, / s, deutsch Unze, Einheitenzeichen oz, ältere Masseneinheit in Großbritannien und in den USA: im …   Universal-Lexikon

• avoirdupois weight — n a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces and an ounce of 437.5 grains (28.350 grams) and in general use in the U.S. except for precious metals, gems, and drugs * * * the system of weight commonly used for ordinary commodities in… …   Medical dictionary

• avoirdupois — av‧oir‧du‧pois [ˌævədəˈpɔɪz, ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː ǁ ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz] noun [uncountable] a system of weighing things used in the UK and US, based on the standard measures of the Ounce,Pound, and Ton, which is being replaced in the UK by the metric system …   Financial and business terms