ounce
noun
1 ounce
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound.
synonyms: apothecaries' ounce, troy ounce.
Roget 319:
gravity,
gravitation;
weight;
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
specific gravity;
pondorosity†,
pressure,
load;
burden,
burthen†;
ballast,
counterpoise;
lump of,
mass of,
weight of.
lead,
millstone,
mountain,
Ossa on Pelion.
weighing,
ponderation†,
trutination†;
weights;
avoirdupois weight,
troy weight,
apothecaries' weight;
grain,
scruple,
drachma†,
ounce,
pound,
lb,
arroba†,
load,
stone,
hundredweight,
cwt,
ton,
long ton,
metric ton,
quintal,
carat,
pennyweight,
tod†.
[metric weights]
gram,
centigram,
milligram,
microgram,
kilogram;
nanogram,
picogram,
femtogram,
attogram.
[Weighing Instrument]
balance,
scale,
scales,
steelyard,
beam,
weighbridge†;
spring balance,
piezoelectric balance,
analytical balance,
two-pan balance,
one-pan balance;
postal scale,
baby scale.
[Science of gravity]
statics.
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Polish: uncja, uncja aptekarska, uncja jubilerska, uncja trojańska, ℥
2 ounce
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.
synonym: oz..
Dutch: ons
Polish: oz., uncja międzynarodowa, uncja
3 ounce
Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur.
synonyms: Panthera uncia, snow leopard.
Dutch: sneeuwpanter
Polish: pantera śnieżna, śnieżny leopard, irbis
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