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avoirdupois unit

DEFINITIONS OF: avoirdupois unit

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n any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights

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grain
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
dram
1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
ounce, oz.
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
lb, pound
16 ounces avoirdupois
half pound
8 ounces avoirdupois
quarter pound
4 ounces avoirdupois
stone
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
quarter
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
cwt, hundredweight, long hundredweight
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
gross ton, long ton, ton
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
net ton, short ton, ton
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
kiloton
one thousand tons
megaton
one million tons
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mass unit
a unit of measurement for mass
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