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troy grain

troy grain noun: a unit of mass, equal to 1/24 of a pennyweight or 1/480 of a troy ounce, fixed at 0.064 798 91 grams under the metric system.

Noun

troy grain (plural troy grains)

  1. A unit of mass, equal to 1/24 of a pennyweight or 1/480 of a troy ounce, fixed at 0.064 798 91 grams under the metric system.
    Synonyms:
    grain

Synonyms of troy grain

Forms of troy grain

pluraltroy grains

Origin of troy grain

Morphologically, from Troyes, town in Northern France + grain, unit of mass.

Questions about troy grain

What does troy grain mean?
Troy grain means a unit of mass, equal to 1/24 of a pennyweight or 1/480 of a troy ounce, fixed at 0.064 798 91 grams under the metric system.
What part of speech is troy grain?
Troy grain is a noun.
What is the plural of troy grain?
The plural of troy grain is troy grains.

Words near troy grain in the dictionary

  1. Troxler's fading
  2. Troxlers
  3. troy
  4. Troy game
  5. Troy games
  6. troy grain
  7. troy grains
  8. troy ounce
  9. troy ounces
  10. troy pound
  11. troy pounds

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