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US fluid measures US dry measures Metric measures fluid ounces Imperial fluid ounce (fl oz) ≡ 1 imp fl oz. ≈ 0.960 759 940 40 US fl oz ≈ 0.947 102 083 33 US fl oz (food) ≡ 28.413 0625 mL ≡ 0.028 413 0625 L. US fluid ounce (customary) (fl oz) ≈ 1.040 842 730 79 imp fl oz. ≡ 1 US fl oz ≡ 0.985 784 318 75 US fl oz (food)
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.
US fluid ounces: 1 US fluid ounce: ≡ 29.5735295625 mL See also Imperial units and US customary units. Rough conversions. One litre is slightly larger than a US ...
Referred to as a "40" or “40-pounder” in Canada (as in 40 Imperial ounces; also used for spirits)) and a liter in the United States. 40 (US) 1.18 L: 40 US fl oz: 2.08 imp pt: 2.5 US liquid pints. Might have been inspired by the Canadian 40 imp fl oz bottle. Malt liquor is often bottled in "40's" Third (US) 1.242 L: 42 US fl oz-1 ⁄ 3 US ...
The teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup are defined in terms of a fluid ounce as 1 ⁄ 6, 1 ⁄ 2, and 8 fluid ounces respectively. The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois of water, [ 21 ] but in the US it is defined as 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon.
American cooks using British recipes, and vice versa, need to be careful with pints and fluid ounces. A US pint is 473 mL, while a UK pint is 568 mL, about 20% larger. A US fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US pint (29.6 mL); a UK fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 UK pint (28.4 mL). This makes an Imperial pint equivalent to 19.2 US fluid ounces.
1.0 imp qt (1,100 ml; 38 US fl oz) imperial pint: imppt imp pt 1/8 imp gal or 20 imp fl oz 1.0 imp pt (0.57 L) imperial fluid ounce: impoz (impfloz) imp fl oz 1/160 imp gal 1.0 imp fl oz (28 ml; 0.96 US fl oz) impoz USoz; impoz U.S.oz; impoz ml; impoz mL; US customary liquid measure: US barrel: USbbl US bbl 31½ US gal
Twenty imperial fluid ounces make an imperial pint, the imperial fluid ounce being 0.96 US fluid ounces. The US Customary system of units makes use of set of dry units of capacity that have a similar set of names [Note 7] to those of liquid capacity, though different volumes: the dry pint having a volume of 33.6 cubic inches (550 ml) against ...