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PRONUNCIATION OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT

avoirdupois weight  [ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː weɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Avoirdupois weight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Avoirdupois

The avoirdupois system is a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces. It is the everyday system of weight used in the United States and is still used to varying degrees in everyday life in the United Kingdom, Canada, and some other former British colonies despite the official adoption of the metric system. An alternative system of mass, the Troy system, is generally used for precious materials. The modern definition of the avoirdupois pound is exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.

Definition of avoirdupois weight in the English dictionary

The definition of avoirdupois weight in the dictionary is weight measured according to the avoirdupois system.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT


await
əˈweɪt
Bassenthwaite
ˈbæsənˌθweɪt
counterweight
ˈkaʊntəˌweɪt
deadweight
ˈdedˌweɪt
equate
ɪˈkweɪt
featherweight
ˈfɛðəˌweɪt
flyweight
ˈflaɪˌweɪt
heavyweight
ˈhɛvɪˌweɪt
Koweit
kəʊˈweɪt
Kuwait
kʊˈweɪt
lightweight
ˈlaɪtˌweɪt
middleweight
ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt
overweight
ˌəʊvəˈweɪt
paperweight
ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt
thwaite
θweɪt
underweight
ˌʌndəˈweɪt
wait
weɪt
Waite
weɪt
weight
weɪt
welterweight
ˈwɛltəˌweɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT

avoid
avoidable
avoidably
avoidance
avoidant
avoider
avoirdupois
avoirdupois pound
avoision
Avon
avoset
avouch
avouchable
avoucher
avouchment
avow
avowable
avowableness
avowably
avowal

WORDS THAT END LIKE AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT

air freight
air-freight
atomic weight
balance weight
birth weight
bright
curb weight
dead weight
eight
equivalent weight
figure of eight
freight
gross weight
head height
height
light heavyweight
light welterweight
molecular weight
net weight
sleight
x-height

Synonyms and antonyms of avoirdupois weight in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «avoirdupois weight» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

常衡重
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peso avoirdupois
570 millions of speakers

English

avoirdupois weight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोटापन वजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوزن الأفواردوبوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вес Avoirdupois
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peso avoirdupois
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপকারিতা ওজন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poids avoirdupois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berat badan avoirdupois
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

avoirdupois Gewicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

常衡の重み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상형 무게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bobot avoirdupois
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cân trọng lượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவியிரபுப்பு எடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वजन कमी होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz tartı sistemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peso avoirdupois
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

waga Avoirdupois
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вага Avoirdupois
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greutate avoirdupois
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

avoirdupois βάρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

avoirdupois gewig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avoirdupois vikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avoirdupois vekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of avoirdupois weight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT»

The term «avoirdupois weight» is used very little and occupies the 180.856 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about avoirdupois weight

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT»

Discover the use of avoirdupois weight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to avoirdupois weight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Avoirdupois-Weight Calculator and Ready-Reckoner - ...
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Arthur King, Ill, 2010
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Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
Avoirdupois Weight POUNDS OUNCES GRAINS 1 16 = 1 = 7000 437.5 Note: 2000 Ib = 1 ton, and 2240 Ib = 1 long ton. The English Systems In the US, both the avoirdupois and apothecary systems of weight measurement sometimes are  ...
David B. Troy, Paul Beringer, 2006
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Dictionary of the mathematical and physical sciences, ...
weight and avoirdupois weight. 'The origin from which they are both raised, is a grain of wheat gathered in the middle of the ear. In troy-weight, twenty-four of these grains make one pennyweight sterling ; twenty pennyweights make one ounce ...
James Mitchell, 1823
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Report
AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT AND WEIGHTS: Deficiency of oficial standards of, in comparison with the Imperial Standards; arrangements for correcting the error; i. Rep. § 3, p. 5. Existing series of ofiicial standards of, should be discontinued; I. Rep.
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Condition of the Exchequer (Now Board of Trade) Standards, 1869
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The Mining Manual and Almanack for ...
Some authors consider that the Avoirdupois weight was brought into the country at the earliest period of the Romans, and was then called the Auncel Weight from its being used with the steel-yard (Statera Romano), or with the Auncel (ansula) ...
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The Mining Manual and Almanack
Some authors consider that the Avoirdupois weight was brought into the country at the earliest period of the Romans, and was then called the Alncel Weight from its being used with the steel-yard (Statera Romana), or with the Auncel (ansula) ...
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... Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into ...
AVOIRDUPOIS OUNCE. SCCBINAnY ScaLa. OuNce. Taov WIsIoHr. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT AND WEIGHTS: Deficiency of oflicial standards of, in comparison with the Imperial Standards; arrangements for correcting the error; I. Rep. § 3, p. 5.
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Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Consider the Steps ...
Great inconvenience is felt in the sale of certain articles, as gold, and what is called plate or silver; buyers are at a loss to know whether the price is fixed at so many pounds- or ounces troy or avoirdupois weight, as the ounces and pounds of ...
Großbritannien Select Committee on the Weights and Measures Act, 1841
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
And be it further enacted, That, for all the Purposcs of Quffle' of this Act, Fourteen Pounds Avoirdupois Weight shall be deemed (QTÞZEZWOI hl and taken to be One Stone; and Four Stones or Fifty fix Pouuds and Sack of a Avoirdupois Weight  ...
Great Britain, Sir George Kettilby Rickards, 1814
10
A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences: ...
In avoirdupois weight, the pound contains sixteen unces, but the ounce is less by near one-twelfth than he troy ounce; this latter containing 490 grains, and lie former only 448. The ounce contains 16 drachms: O ounces avoirdupois are only  ...
George Gregory, 1819

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term avoirdupois weight is used in the context of the following news items.
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How Tantalum Competes in Global Markets
In CY 2013 Paumanok Publications, Inc. estimates that approximately four million pounds (avoirdupois weight) of tantalum materials will be ... «TTI MarketEye, Nov 13»
2
Elemental Forces On The Price Of Gold
At its current price, 20 pounds of gold (using avoirdupois weight, which is how we normally think, though gold is measured in troy weight) is ... «Forbes, Aug 13»

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