Ounce

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aÊŠns/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠns

From Middle French once, from Latin uncia ("1/12 part"), from Å«nus ("one"). Compare inch.

Full definition of ounce

Noun

1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
2. A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.
4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.413063 millilitres.
5. A little bit.He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.

Synonyms

• (small amount) see also .

Related terms

• inch
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From French once, from lonce ("lynx"), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ ("lynx"). Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).

Noun

1. The snow leopard, Uncia uncia.

Anagrams

• Cuneo