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Definition of System of weights
1. Noun. A system of units used to express the weight of something.
Generic synonyms: Metric, System Of Measurement
Specialized synonyms: Avoirdupois, Avoirdupois Weight, Troy, Troy Weight
Lexicographical Neighbors of System Of Weights
Literary usage of System of weights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"... and iti Application to a System of Weights and Measures. By Alfred B Taylor,
AM, Ph.M. (Bead before the American Philosophical Society, October SI, ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... and I may say even of classes above the masses, are not masters of calculation
in connection with our present anomalous system of weights and measures, ..."
3. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1876)
"THE METRIC system of weights AND MEASURES. SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ... namely : —• "
A Bill to authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures. ..."
4. American Druggist (1890)
"A perfect system of weights and measures, worthy to be universal, must not only
be decimal, but must also be characterized by the simplest possible ..."
5. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"In their report they recommended: " (a) That the metric system of weights and
measures be at once legalized for all purposes. " (J) That after a lapse of ..."
6. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"In their report they recommended: " (a) That the metric system of weights and
measures be at once legalized for all purposes. ." (b) That after a lapse of ..."
7. A systematic handbook of volumetric analysis or, The quantitative estimation by Francis Sutton (1871)
"ON THE system of weights AND MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED IN VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS. § 9.
IT is much to be regretted that the decimal system of weights and measures ..."
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