A fluid ounce is a unit of liquid measure equal to 1/16th of a US pint. An ounce is a measure of weight equal to 1/16th of a pound.
Ounce (oz) is a measurement of weight (mass).
The old Italian word for ounce, onzia, derives from the Latin "uncia", meaning one twelfth. The original Roman libra (from which we derive the abbreviation "lb" for pounds) was divided into twelfths, each of which was one ounce (or 1oz).
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An 'ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' is the saying. It means that it normally takes less (an ounce) in time, resources to stop a problem from occurring than it does (a pound) to fix the problem after it has already occurred.
The ounce is a unit of mass with several definitions, the most commonly used of which is equal to approximately 28 grams. Th ounce is used in a number of different systems, including those of mass.
Question: How many Drams in a Troy Ounce? Answer: One Dram equals 27.34375 Grains under the "Troy" system. Further, there are 480 Grains in a Troy ounce. Dividing 480 / 27.34375 yields a result of 17.554285. Meaning that there are 17.554285 Drams per Troy Ounce, +/- 0.0000001
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An ounce is an ounce.
An ounce of gold will have more mass because mass is how much space an object takes up. Feathers have a low density, while gold has a high density and takes up more space than a pourus (wispy) feather. So an ounce of gold does take up more space than an ounce of feathers.
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There is one ounce in one fluid ounce. Fluid ounce is a measure of volume, whereas ounce is a measure of weight.
An ounce is 28.349 g. So an ounce is heavier than a gram.