troy (weight)
21Troy (disambiguation) — Troy is the legendary city described in Homer s Iliad Troy may also refer to:General*The Troy weight, a system of measurements for weight and mass commonly used in describing the size of precious metals and gemstonesPeopleTroy is a Celtic name… …
22troy — ● troy ou troy weight nom masculin Système de poids anglais, employé pour les métaux précieux et les pierreries, dans lequel la pound troy (373 g) vaut 12 ounces, et l ounce 480 grains. troy [tʀɔj] n. m. ÉTYM. Mil. XIXe; troye, 1669; var. troy… …
23troy — /troy/, adj. expressed or computed in troy weight. [1350 1400; ME troye, after TROYES, France, where it was standard] * * * or Ilium Ancient city in Troas, northwestern Anatolia. It holds an enduring place in both literature and archaeology. In… …
24Weight — Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the… …
25Weight of observation — Weight Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center… …
26troy — (also troy weight) ► NOUN ▪ a system of weights used mainly for precious metals and gems, with a pound of 12 ounces or 5,760 grains. Compare with AVOIRDUPOIS(Cf. ↑avoirdupois). ORIGIN from a weight used at the fair of Troyes in France …
27weight — [wāt] n. [ME weiht, altered (infl. by weien, WEIGH1) < OE wiht < wegan: see WEIGH1] 1. a portion or quantity weighing a definite or specified amount [ten pounds weight of lead] 2. a) heaviness as a quality of things …
28Troy-Gewicht — (engl. Troy weight, Imperial Standard Troy Pound), das jetzt noch in England gebräuchliche Gewicht für edle Metalle, Arzneien u. zu wissenschaftlichen Zwecken; es ist nach der französischen Münzstadt Troyes benannt, war ursprünglich sonst in… …
29troy — trȯi adj expressed in troy weight <a troy ounce> * * * (troi) a system of weights commonly used in England and the United States for expressing quantities of gold and silver; for equivalents see Appendix 7 …
30troy — [troi] adj. by or in troy weight …
