HyperDic: troy_ounce

English > 1 sense of the expression troy ounce:
NOUNquantitytroy ounce, ounce, apothecaries' ouncea unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
English > troy ounce: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
Synonymsounce, apothecaries' ounce
Part oftroy pound, apothecaries' poundAn apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
Partsdram, drachm, drachmaA unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
pennyweightA unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
Broaderapothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weightAny weight unit used in pharmacy
troy unitAny of the unit of the troy system of weights
Spanishonza, onza troy
Catalanunça

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