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noun - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
noun - excess bodily weight
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British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces |
The name of this system of weights & measures comes from the Old French for "goods of weight" |
This system of measurement is abbreviated avdp. |
Abbreviated avdp., it's a standard of weight |
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a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries. |
a system used in the US, and officially until the year 2000 in the UK, for measuring weight. It is based on the pound, which is equal to approximately 454 grams. |
A system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries. |
Avoirdupois weight. |
Informal Weight or heaviness, especially of a person. |
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) |
excess bodily weight |
Avoirdupois might refer to |
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The Avoirdupois system (; abbreviated avdp) is a measurement system of weights which uses pounds and ounces as units. It was first commonly used in the 13th century and was updated in 1959.In 1959, by international agreement, the definitions of the pound and ounce became standardized in countries which use the pound as a unit of mass. The International Avoirdupois Pound was then created. It is the everyday system of weights used in the United States. It is still used, in varying degrees, in everyday life in the United Kingdom, Canada, and some other former British colonies, despite their official adoption of the metric system. * The avoirdupois weight system's general attributes were originally developed for the international wool trade in the Late Middle Ages, when trade was in recovery. It was historically based on a physical standardized pound or "prototype weight" that could be divided into 16 ounces. There were a number of competing measures of mass, and the fact that the avoirdupo |