"avoirdupois unit" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: mass unit - a unit of measurement for mass
subtypes:
- grain - 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
- dram - 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
- ounce, oz. - a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
- lb, pound - 16 ounces avoirdupois
- half pound - 8 ounces avoirdupois
- quarter pound - 4 ounces avoirdupois
- stone - an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- cwt, hundredweight, long hundredweight - a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
- cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- gross ton, long ton, ton - a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
- net ton, short ton, ton - a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- kiloton - one thousand tons
- megaton - one million tons
is a part of:
- british imperial system, british system, english system - a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
- avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)