Meaning of metric ounce | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A metric approximation of the ounce; specifically:
2. 25 grams.
3. 30 grams.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“It would probably be convenient also to retain⟳ the ounce, the metric ounce being defined as equal to 25 grams, or one-twentieth of the metric pound.”

“When this is over, there seems no reason⟳ why a metric inch of twenty-five millimetres should not serve⟳ as well as our inch, a quarter-metre of ten metric inches as well as our foot, and a metric ounce of twenty-five grammes as well as our ounce.”

“Thirty grams or a metric ounce (the American ounce is 28 grams)”

“If we could get⟳ the Post⟳ Office Department to adopt⟳ the metric system, so that whenever any citizen of the United States desires to send⟳ a letter he will have⟳ to buy⟳ postage stamps of one or two cents — whatever it might be — for 30 grams of matter⟳, the metric ounce, that would give⟳ us a start⟳.”

“One 16-ounce pound of silver coin is legally equal to one 30-gram metric ounce of gold coin […]”

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