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pennyweight (encz) | pennyweight,jednotka váhy Zdeněk Brož |
Pennyweight (gcide) | Pennyweight \Pen"ny*weight`\, n.
A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth
part of a troy ounce; 1.555 grams; as, a pennyweight of gold
or of arsenic. It is abbreviated dwt or pwt. It was anciently
the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
pennyweight (wn) | pennyweight
n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains |
PENNYWEIGHT (bouvier) | PENNYWEIGHT. A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth
part of an ounce. Vide Weights.
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Pennyweight (gcide) | Pennyweight \Pen"ny*weight`\, n.
A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth
part of a troy ounce; 1.555 grams; as, a pennyweight of gold
or of arsenic. It is abbreviated dwt or pwt. It was anciently
the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.
[1913 Webster + PJC] |
PENNYWEIGHT (bouvier) | PENNYWEIGHT. A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth
part of an ounce. Vide Weights.
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