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Definition of Ounce
1. Noun. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
Generic synonyms: Troy Unit, Apothecaries' Unit, Apothecaries' Weight
Terms within: Pennyweight, Drachm, Drachma, Dram
Group relationships: Apothecaries' Pound, Troy Pound
2. Noun. A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.
Generic synonyms: Avoirdupois Unit
Terms within: Dram
Group relationships: Lb, Pound
3. Noun. Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur.
Generic synonyms: Big Cat, Cat
Group relationships: Genus Panthera, Panthera
Definition of Ounce
1. n. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437&?; grains.
2. n. A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, or uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.
Definition of Ounce
1. a unit of weight [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ounce
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1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437 grains.
2. The twelfth part of a troy pound.
The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is sometimes written as one word, troyounce.
3. A small portion; a bit. "By ounces hung his locks that he had." (Chaucer) Fluid ounce. See Fluid.
Origin: F. Once, fr. L. Uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. Bulk, mass, atom. Cf. 2d Inch, Oke.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ounce
| oulachan oulachon oulachons oulakan oulakans ould oulder ouldest oulk oulks | oulong oulongs ouma oumas ounce (current term) ounce (current term) ounces oundy oup oupa | oupas ouped ouph ouphe ouphen ouphes ouphs ouping oups our |
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