avoirdupois system

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• 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 system of units — britų masės vienetų sistema statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Didžiojoje Britanijoje iki jai įstojant į Bendrąją rinką vartota masės matavimo vienetų sistema, jau pakeista į metrinę sistemą. Tai sistema, kurioje vienas… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

• avoirdupois system of units — britų masės vienetų sistema statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis JAV bendriesiems prekybos poreikiams naudojama masės matavimo vienetų sistema, pagrįsta svaru ir uncija. atitikmenys: angl. avoirdupois system of units rus.… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

• avoirdupois weights —    the common traditional system of weights in all the English speaking countries.    Until the introduction of the metric system, almost all weights were stated in avoirdupois units, with only precious metals being measured by troy weights and… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Avoirdupois — The avoirdupois (IPAEng|ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz; French IPA2|avwaʀdypwɑ) system is a system of weights (or, properly, mass) based on a pound of sixteen ounces. It is the everyday system of weight used in the United States. It is still widely used by many… …   Wikipedia

• avoirdupois unit — noun any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights • Hypernyms: ↑mass unit • Hyponyms: ↑grain, ↑dram, ↑ounce, ↑oz., ↑pound, ↑lb, ↑half pound, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• avoirdupois ounce — noun A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of units, equal to one sixteenth of a avoirdupois pound …   Wiktionary

• avoirdupois pound — noun A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of weights, defined as 0.45359237 kg in most of the English speaking world since 1959 …   Wiktionary

• 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

• 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