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ounce | x |

As a noun ounce

is an avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 283495 grams or ounce can be the snow leopard, uncia uncia .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

ounce

English

(wikipedia ounce)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) once, from (etyl) . Compare inch.

Noun

  • (en noun) abbreviation oz.
  • An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
  • A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
  • A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.
  • A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.413063 millilitres.
  • A little bit.
  • He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
    Synonyms
    * (small amount) see also .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) once, from . Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The snow leopard, Uncia uncia .
  • Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----