Template:Convert/list of units/mass/avoirdupois
system | unit | unit- code |
abbrev- iation |
notes | sample default conversion |
combinations | |
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Avoirdupois | long ton | LT | (none) | 2,240 lb used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada |
1.0 long ton (1.0 t) |
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short ton | ST | (none) | 2,000 lb used mostly in the US and Canada |
1.0 short ton (0.91 t) |
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long hundredweight | long cwt | long cwt | 1.0 long cwt (110 lb; 51 kg) | ||||
short hundredweight | short cwt | short cwt | 1.0 short cwt (100 lb; 45 kg) | ||||
long quarter | long qtr | long qtr | 1.0 long qtr (28 lb; 13 kg) | ||||
short quarter | short qtr | short qtr | 1.0 short qtr (25 lb; 11 kg) | ||||
stone | st | st | 14 lb used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada |
1.0 st (14 lb; 6.4 kg) |
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pound | lb | lb | 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) |
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ounce | oz | oz | 1.0 oz (28 g) |
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drachm | drachm | (none) | 1.0 drachm (1.8 g) | ||||
drachm | dram | (none) | |||||
grain | gr | gr | equivalent to the troy grain | 1.0 gr (0.065 g) |
Template documentation
This table has the units of avoirdupois weight (mass) used by the measurement converter Template:Convert. It also lists the unit-codes, such as "oz" for the ounce. For example:
{{convert|1|oz|g}} | → 1 ounce (28 g) |
{{convert|1|lb|g|0}} | → 1 pound (454 g) |
For the larger list of mass units used by Convert, see {{Convert/list_of_units/mass}}.