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System of weights   /sˈɪstəm əv weɪts/   Listen
System of weights

noun
1.
A system of units used to express the weight of something.  Synonym: weight.



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"System of weights" Quotes from Famous Books



... is quibbling. Cato's unit of 240 jugera was based on the duodecimal system of weights and measures which the Romans had originally derived from Babylon but afterwards modified by the use of a decimal system. The enlightened and progressive nations of the modern world who have followed the Romans in adopting a decimal system may perhaps approve Stolo's ...
— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato


Words linked to "System of weights" :   system of measurement, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, metric, troy, avoirdupois


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