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An ounce-force is 1 ⁄ 16 of a pound-force, or about 0.2780139 newtons. It is defined as the force exerted by a mass of one avoirdupois ounce under standard gravity (at the surface of the earth, its weight). The "ounce" in "ounce-force" is equivalent to an avoirdupois ounce; ounce-force is a measurement of force using avoirdupois ounces.
The US fluid ounce is based on the US gallon, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in the United Kingdom prior to 1824. With the adoption of the international inch, the US fluid ounce became 1⁄128 gal × 231 in 3 /gal × (2.54 cm/in) 3 = 29.5735295625 mL exactly, or about 4% larger than the imperial unit.
There is no international consensus on how much pure alcohol is contained in a standard drink; [2] values in different countries range from 8 to 20 grams (0.28 to 0.71 ounces). The example questionnaire form for the World Health Organization's Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) uses 10 g (0.35 oz), [ 3 ] and this definition has ...
1 ⁄ 10 oz: 100,730 Made for Dillon Gage 1998 Eagles Five Dollars 1 ⁄ 10-oz: 51,440 Made for Dillon Gage 2000 Expo Hanover Ten Dollars 1 ⁄ 4-oz: 1,000 N/A 2001 Basle Coin Fair Ten Dollars 1 ⁄ 4-oz: 750 N/A 2001 Viking 50, 20, 10, 5, 1 1 oz, 1 ⁄ 2-oz, 1 ⁄ 4-oz, 1 ⁄ 10-oz, 1 ⁄ 20-oz: 850 Issued as a five coin set 2005 Liberation ...
30 to 44 ml (1.0 to 1.5 US fl oz) 59 to 89 ml (2 to 3 US fl oz) There is no official size for a single shot, except in Utah, where a shot is defined as 1.5 US fl oz (44.4 ml). [22] Elsewhere in the U.S., the standard size is generally considered to be 1.25–1.5 US fl oz (37–44 ml).
In the apothecaries' system, which was widely used in the United States until the middle of the 20th century, [15] the dram is the mass of 1 ⁄ 96 pounds apothecaries (lb ap), or 1 ⁄ 8 ounces apothecaries (oz ap or ℥) [5]: C-7 (the pound apothecaries and ounce apothecaries are equal to the troy pound (lb t), and troy ounce (oz t ...
Fifth (unit) A fifth is a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled beverages in the United States, equal to one fifth of a US liquid gallon, or U.S. fluid ounces (757 milliliters ); it has been superseded by the metric bottle size of 750 mL, [ 1] sometimes called a metric fifth, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles ...
The 1 ⁄ 10, 1 ⁄ 4, and 1 ⁄ 2 troy oz coins are identical in design to the 1 troy oz coin except for the markings on the reverse side that indicate the weight and face value of the coin (for example, .9995 PLATINUM 1 OZ.