avoirdupois
- noun
- /ˌævərˈdʊpɔɪz/
- Specialized
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sistema avoirdupois
- Really deceptive avoirdupois.
Examples
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What's 'avoirdupois'?
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-Avoirdupois.
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Not the avoirdupois, not the gray skin.
Fiction book (1999) -
And I am not asking you to cause my avoirdupois, my spare fire, and trunk to melt in one great heavenly glide from my home to yours.
Fiction book (1995) -
Just as Smedley realized this, Auntie Mater deposited her avoirdupois in the chair, which held her weight in spite of all the laws of physics.
Fiction book (2001) -
Therefore, we must examine what variables influence force applications at the moment of release, or release velocity. Isolating acceleration provides us with: a = F/m. The weight of a baseball shall weigh not less than five nor more than 5 1/4 ounces avoirdupois, according to Major League Baseball Official Rules, Objectives of the Game, 1.09.
Academic text (2009) -
The latest issue of Science Beat (the newsletter of the National Institute of Standards and Technology) reports that the National Conference on Weights and Measures has required that all packaged goods include product information in both inch/pound (avoirdupois) and SI (Système Internationale) units.
Academic text (1993) -
As of early 2008, the Fed's vault contained roughly 216 million troy ounces of gold (1 troy oz. is 1.1 times as heavy as the avoirdupois ounce, with which we are more familiar), representing about 22 percent of the world's official monetary gold reserves.
Blog text (11) -
In the United States, most groceries are sold by the avoirdupois system of weight.
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A standard package of flour typically weighs five avoirdupois pounds.
Synonyms
A way to measure weight using a 16-ounce pound for everyday goods
A way of measuring weight using a pound of sixteen ounces, used in the United States
A way to measure weight using a pound of 16 ounces, used in the United States for everyday goods
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to measure weight using a pound of 16 ounces, used in the United States for everyday goods
- Specialized
A way of measuring weight using a pound of sixteen ounces, used in the United States
- Specialized
A unit of weight like a pound or ounce used in Britain and the United States
- Specialized
A way to measure weight using a 16-ounce pound for everyday goods
Surface Forms
Etymology
Avoirdupois comes from an old French phrase made of avoir ('to have' or 'goods') and poids ('weight'), which meant 'goods by weight'. So avoirdupois became the name for the ordinary system of weights used for most everyday items.
