Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fluid ounce. See
ounce .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See Fluid ounce, under
fluid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
fluid ounce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
- noun a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
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Examples
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The saturated spirituous tincture is advised in dyspepsia and in debility of stomach, in doses of one-quarter to one-half of a fluidounce.
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The compound infusion is made with one-half ounce of the root, orange peel and coriander each one drachm, cold water twelve fluidounces, macerate for twelve hours; dose, one fluidounce.
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The strength and purity of vinegar, as determined by the framers of the United States Pharmacopoeia, is as follows: "One fluidounce is saturated by about thirty grains of crystallized bicarb. of potassa.
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