Apothecaries' Weight

  

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Apothecaries' Weight

Definition: Apothecaries' Weight

Apothecaries' Weight

Noun

1. Any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Apothecaries' Weight

Synonym: apothecaries' unit (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Apothecaries' Weight

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Gravity

Weighing, ponderation, trutination; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Apothecaries' Weight

English words defined with "apothecaries' weight": troy weight. (references)

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Alternative Orthography: Apothecaries' Weight


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 70 6F 74 68 65 63 61 72 69 65 73 27      57 65 69 67 68 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110000 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110011 00100111 00100000 01010111 01100101 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#112 &#111 &#116 &#104 &#101 &#99 &#97 &#114 &#105 &#101 &#115 &#39 &#32 &#87 &#101 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 006F 0074 0068 0065 0063 0061 0072 0069 0065 0073 0027      0057 0065 0069 0067 0068 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35828186747169678475718592577175737486

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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