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Meanings of avoirdupois in anglès

portuguès
fertilidade
espanyol
grasa

Excess bodily weight.

fertilidade
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авердипойс
portuguès
avoirdupois
espanyol
sistema de pesos avoirdupois
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avoirdupois

System of masses based on a pound of 16 ounces.

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Examples for "avoirdupois system"
Examples for "avoirdupois system"
1
The shekel was equal to about an ounce, in our modern avoirdupois system.
Hebrew Life and Times
1
The gut microbiota was able to utilise all the substrates and there was a link between the avDP with the fermentation properties.
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avoirdupois
espanyol
avoirdupois

A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)

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Usage of avoirdupois in anglès
1
She had so far successfully fought down an hereditary tendency to avoirdupois.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
2
Who'd ever suspect it in a man of your age and-andavoirdupois!
Then I'll Come Back to You
3
The rest of the day was spent in a kind of avoirdupois war.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
4
The shekel was equal to about an ounce, in our modern avoirdupois system.
Hebrew Life and Times
5
It was an easy herd to show, for the pounds avoirdupois were there.
The Outlet
6
These 'lights of the world' consisted of five hundred bodies of unwieldy avoirdupois.
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
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The sterling is increasing by leaps and bounds; the avoirdupois is not even stationary.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919
8
The pound avoirdupois now in use, is an indefinite thing.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
9
The long Naval oar is surprisingly full of avoirdupois weight.
Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis / Two Plebe Midshipmen at ...
10
All these accounts are in avoirdupois weight, and Irish money.
Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1
11
The Roman pound, it must be remembered, contained only twelve of our avoirdupois ounces.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
12
It's not our weight in avoirdupois that drags us down.
From Jest to Earnest
13
One hundred and twenty-eight avoirdupois is approximately a proper standard.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
14
English avoirdupois, costing from one dollar and three-quarters to two dollars and a half.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
15
Prime roast-beef, fried potatoes, waffles and griddle-cakes supplied him with heat, energy and avoirdupois.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
16
The officer is valuable for his dignity, avoirdupois, "bracelets," and other accessories.
Courts and Criminals
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