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metric-ounce

metric-ounce is the alternative spelling of metric ounce.

Meaning of metric ounce

Noun

metric ounce (plural metric ounces)

  1. 25 grams.
    • The new ounces would be all alike, representing 25 Gm. or CC., and would be from one-eighth to one-fifth less than the customary ounces. The metric ounce, 25.0; one fifth less than 1 apoth. ounce, 31.0. The metric ounce, 25.0, one-sixth less than 1 av. ounce, 28.35.1901, The Medical Standard, volume 24, page 306
  2. 30 grams.
    • Thirty grams or a metric ounce (the American ounce is 28 grams)1882, An Instruction Book in the Art of Silk Culture, page 83

Forms of metric-ounce

pluralmetric-ounces

Questions about metric-ounce

What is metric-ounce the alternative spelling of?
Metric-ounce is the alternative spelling of metric ounce.

Words near metric-ounce in the dictionary

  1. metric ton
  2. metric tonne
  3. metric tonnes
  4. metric tons
  5. metric-compatible
  6. metric-ounce
  7. metric-ounces
  8. metrical
  9. metrical feet
  10. metrical foot
  11. metrical structure

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