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TROY OUNCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
Synonyms:
apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("troy ounce" is a kind of...):
troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)
apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)
Meronyms (parts of "troy ounce"):
pennyweight (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains)
drachm; drachma; dram (a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains)
Holonyms ("troy ounce" is a part of...):
apothecaries' pound; troy pound (an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams)
