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Definition: Troy Weight |
Troy WeightNoun1. A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | These are the weights used for precious metals. The equivalents are 24 grains = 1 pennyweight; 20 pennyweights = 1 oz; 12 oz = 1 lb. The troy grain is the same as the avoirdupois grain, but the ounce is larger on the troy scale; 1 tr oz = 31.103 g; 1 avoirdupois oz = 28.35 g. (references) |
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In troy weight, unlike the more common avoirdupois system, there are 12 ounces in a pound, rather than 16, and a troy pound is 5760 grains (approx. 373.24 gramss), rather than 7000 (approx. 453.59 grams).
A troy ounce is 480 grains (approx. 31.10 grams), somewhat heavier than an avoirdupois ounce (437.5 grains, approx. 28.35 grams).
1 troy ounce is defined as exactly 480 grains, where 1 grain is exactly 64.79891 milligrams, hence 1 troy ounce is exactly 31.1034768 gramss.
The symbol for ounce is ℥
Note: The troy ounce is about 10% more than the more common ounce defined by the avoirdupois system of mass, which is 28.3 g. There are also two versions of the fluid ounce, units of volume, of 28.4 and 29.6 ml.
See also Conversion of units.
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Synonym: Troy WeightSynonym: troy (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Troy Weight |
| English words defined with "troy weight": Apothecaries' weight, Avoirdupois weight ♦ Troyounce. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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troy weight | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "troy weight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | masë për gurët e metalet e çmuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύστημα βάρων με 12 ουγγίασ κατά λίβραν. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oytray eightway монетный вес. (various references) mere težine za zlato i srebro. (various references) troyvikt. (various references) kuyumcu tartısı (Troy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-o-r-t-t-w-y" | |
-3 letters: gothite, growthy, thorite, tighter, weighty, whitter. | |
-4 letters: eighty, ghetto, goiter, goitre, gritty, grotty, growth, heriot, hitter, hogtie, hotter, righto, righty, theory, thirty, tither, tother, towery, trowth, weight, whiter, whitey, wither, worthy, wright, writhe. | |
-5 letters: eight, ergot, girth, griot, grith, ither, other, otter, right, rotte, rowth, their, thewy, threw, throe, throw, tiger, tight, titer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-o-r-t-t-w-y" | |
+5 letters: mouthwateringly. | |
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