ounce

Meaning

Noun

• An avoirdupois ounce, weighing of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
• A troy ounce, weighing of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
• A US fluid ounce, with a volume of of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
• A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
• A little bit.
• A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
• Now specifically, the snow leopard, Panthera uncia.

Related

Similar words

• symbol: ℥

Origin

• From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia, from ūnus. inch, uncia, oka, and ouguiya.
• From Middle French once, from Old French lonce ("lynx"), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ. onza.