Useful english dictionary. 2012.
apothecaries' weight — noun any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces • Syn: ↑apothecaries unit • Hypernyms: ↑weight unit, ↑weight • Hyponyms: ↑grain, ↑scruple, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
apothecaries' ounce — noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound • Syn: ↑ounce, ↑troy ounce • Hypernyms: ↑apothecaries unit, ↑apothecaries weight, ↑troy unit • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
apothecaries' pound — noun an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams • Syn: ↑troy pound • Hypernyms: ↑apothecaries unit, ↑apothecaries weight, ↑troy unit • Part Meronyms: ↑ounce, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Apothecaries' system — |The basic form of the apothecaries system is essentially a subset of the Roman weight system. An apothecaries pound normally consisted of 12 ounces. (In France this was changed to 16 ounces, and in Spain the customary unit was the marco , a mark … Wikipedia
weight unit — noun 1. a decimal unit of weight based on the gram • Syn: ↑metric weight unit • Hypernyms: ↑mass unit, ↑metric unit, ↑metric • Hyponyms: ↑microgram, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Dram (unit) — For the related unit of currency, see Drachma. The dram (archaic spelling drachm; apothecary symbol ℨ) was historically both a coin and a weight. Currently it is both a small mass in the Apothecaries system of weights and a small unit of volume.… … Wikipedia
troy unit — noun any of the unit of the troy system of weights • Hypernyms: ↑weight unit, ↑weight • Hyponyms: ↑grain, ↑pennyweight, ↑ounce, ↑troy ounce, ↑apothecaries ounce, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Minim (unit) — The minim (abbreviated min or ♏) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Specifically it is 1⁄60 of a fluidram[1] or 1⁄480 of a fluid ounce.[2] In contrast with apothecaries weight, apothecaries measure… … Wikipedia
Conventional electrical unit — A conventional electrical unit (is also know as a electrical symbol) (or simply conventional unit where there is no risk of ambiguity) is a unit of measurement in the field of electricity which is based on the conventional values of the Josephson … Wikipedia
pound — pound1 pounder, n. /pownd/, v.t. 1. to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often fol. by out): to pound out a… … Universalium
