Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or expressed in troy weight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Short for
troy weight .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Troy weight.
- noun the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, in France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 117/175 or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. Troy weight when divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams, the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains, is called
apothecaries' weight , used in weighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the 1/10000 part.
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- adjective Of, or relating to,
troy weight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
- noun an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I live in troy montana (northwest) and all it takes to get a bull around here is scout all year long and pretty go as far back in the woods as possible.
beginner elk hunter 2009
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I live in troy montana (northwest) and all it takes to get a bull around here is scout all year long and pretty go as far back in the woods as possible.
beginner elk hunter 2009
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Vehicle features: get an additional $300 off the price if you call troy lerdo, our internet sales manager, and make arrangements to inspect this vehicle! no reasonable offer refused! free carfax available upon request! we pay top dollar for any trade!
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January 27th, 2010 9:36 am ET i like to watch morning show with john but i dont like that loud thunder sound they use in the back ground. i wish the noise would go away. i only want the news and weather. also i could care less about this punk who sings PANTS ON THE GROUND. he were buttons that say free a cop killer name troy davis. troy davis was convicted and found guilty. he should be put to dealth. nancy
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Gold for February delivery rose 50 cents per troy ounce to $1,726.80 on the Comex division of Nymex.
Stoxx Europe 600 Rises Slightly Andrea Tryphonides 2012
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Spot gold was at $1,731.10 per troy ounce, up $2.30 from its New York settlement Thursday.
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Gold fell $14.60 a troy ounce, or 1.1%. to $1318.40, a 2011 low.
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Between 2009 and 2011, demand for physical gold and exchange-traded funds jumped by 9.4 million troy ounces, more than offsetting the 6.6-million-ounce drop in jewelry consumption.
Central Bankers Rub Gold Bugs the Right Way Liam Denning 2012
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