Avoirdupois Unit
Of mass unit, British Imperial System and avoirdupois.
Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights.
This concept's ID is @1~68922
Pound
- pound
16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds".
- ounce
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.
- half pound
8 ounces avoirdupois.
Quarter
- quarter
A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).
- stone
An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy...
Dram
Long Ton
- hundredweight
A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds.
- long ton
A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds.
Kiloton
Also contains
- hundredweight
A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
- megaton
One million tons.
- quarter pound
4 ounces avoirdupois.