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System of weights   /sˈɪstəm əv weɪts/   Listen
System of weights

noun
1.
A system of units used to express the weight of something.  Synonym: weight.



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"System of weights" Quotes from Famous Books



... Confiscations, imprisonments, and banishments to Siberia were the least terrible of the punishments. Every germ of a Polish nationality was destroyed—the army and the Diet effaced, Russian systems of taxes, justice, and coinage, and the metric system of weights and measures used in Russia were introduced,—the Julian Calendar superseded the one adopted all over the world—the University of Warsaw was carried to Moscow, and the Polish language was prohibited to be taught in the schools. Indemnity and pardon were offered to those who abjured the Roman ...
— A Short History of Russia • Mary Platt Parmele



Words linked to "System of weights" :   troy, troy weight, metric, avoirdupois, system of measurement, avoirdupois weight, system of weights and measures



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