Definitions for ounce
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ouncenoun

   a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

2. ounce, oz.noun

   a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

3. snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncianoun

   large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

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1. Ouncenoun

   A unit of mass or weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 437

2. Ouncenoun

   (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound; one troy ounce weighs 31.103486 grams, 8 drams, or 480 grains.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ouncenoun

   A name of weight of different value in different denominations of weight. In troy weight, an ounce is twenty penny-weight; a penny-weight, twenty-four grains.

   Etymology: once, Fr. uncia, Latin.

   The blood he hath lost,
   Which I dare vouch is more than that he hath
   By many an ounce, he dropt it for his country. William Shakespeare.

   A sponge dry weigheth one ounce twenty-six grains; the same sponge being wet, weigheth fourteen ounces six drams and three quarters. Francis Bacon.

2. Ouncenoun

   A lynx; a panther.

   Etymology: once, Fr. uncia, Latin.

   The ounce,
   The libbard, and the tiger, as the mole
   Rising, the crumbled earth above them threw
   In hillocks. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vii.

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1. Ounce

   The ounce () is any of several different units of mass, weight or volume and is derived almost unchanged from the uncia, an Ancient Roman unit of measurement. The avoirdupois ounce (exactly 28.349523125 g) is 1⁄16 avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce. It is primarily used in the United States to measure packaged foods and food portions, postal items, areal density of fabric and paper, boxing gloves, and so on, but it is sometimes also used elsewhere in the Anglosphere. Although the avoirdupois ounce is the mass measure used for most purposes, the 'troy ounce' of exactly 31.1034768 g is used instead for the mass of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, etc.

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1. ounce

   An ounce is a unit of weight used in the British and the US customary systems of measurement. It is equal to approximately 28.35 grams. It can also refer to a unit for measuring volume for liquid substances, often known as a fluid ounce.

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1. Ounce

   The ounce is a unit of mass with several definitions, the most commonly used of which is equal to approximately 28 grams. The ounce is used in a number of different systems, including those of mass that form part of the United States customary, and imperial, systems. The size of an ounce varies between systems. The most commonly used ounces today are the international avoirdupois ounce and the international troy ounce.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ounce

   owns, n. the twelfth part of a pound troy=480 grains: 1⁄16 of a pound avoirdupois=437½ troy grains. [O. Fr. unce—L. uncia, the twelfth part.]

2. Ounce

   owns, n. a carnivorous animal of the cat kind, found in Asia, allied to the leopard—(obs.) Once. [Fr. once, prob. Pers. yúz, a panther.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ounce in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ounce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ounce in a Sentence

1. Elizabeth Gaskell:

   He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

2. Gil Hoffman:

   If (President Obama) thinks this will help the Israelis be one ounce less opposed to the Iran deal, then he doesn't get it, israelis are very against the Iran deal.

3. Matthew Turner:

   The platinum market is just too small. China has $3.7 trillion of foreign exchange reserves. To keep 1 percent by value in platinum, at $1,000 an ounce, would need 37 million ounces of platinum, which is six years' mine supply, to get 0.1 percent, you'd only need to buy two-thirds of a year's mine supply, but why would you want to hold 0.1 percent of your reserves in platinum? What use would that be to anyone?

4. Danish proverb:

   An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.

5. The American Academy of Dermatology:

   Most adults need about 1 ounce — or enough to fill a shot glass — to fully cover their entire body. Don't forget to apply to the tops of your feet, your neck, your ears and the top of your head.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ounce
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=ounce
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ounce
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ounce
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ounce