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There is no international consensus on how much pure alcohol is contained in a standard drink; [2] values in different countries range from 8 to 20 grams (0.28 to 0.71 ounces). The example questionnaire form for the World Health Organization's Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) uses 10 g (0.35 oz), [ 3 ] and this definition has ...
Offered in 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz, and 1 oz denominations, these coins are guaranteed by the U.S. government to contain the stated amount of actual gold weight in troy ounces. By law, the gold must come from sources in the United States, alloyed with silver and copper to produce a more wear-resistant coin.
Ounce derives from the Ancient Roman uncia (meaning: a twelfth), a unit in the Ancient Roman units of measurement weighing about 27.35 grams or 0.967 of an Avoirdupois ounce, [1] that was one-twelfth (1 ⁄ 12) of the Roman pound (libra). [2] This in turn comes from Latin uno ('one'), and thus originally meant simply 'unit'.
Dram (unit) The dram (alternative British spelling drachm; apothecary symbol ʒ or ℨ; [ a] abbreviated dr) [ 4][ 5]: C-6–C-7 [ 6] is a unit of mass in the avoirdupois system, and both a unit of mass and a unit of volume in the apothecaries' system. [ 5] It was originally both a coin and a weight in ancient Greece. [ 7]
Through 2015, these corresponded with 1, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, and 1 ⁄ 10 ozt (31.1, 15.6, 7.8, and 3.1 g) of gold, respectively. An exception was 1991, when 1-gram Gold Pandas were minted, issued in the denomination of 3 yuan. 2015 was the only year that the Gold Panda did not have any denomination imprinted on the coin.
Hanyu Pinyin. shìyòngzhì. Wade–Giles. shih-yung-chih. Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since the Shang, several Chinese measures use hexadecimal (base-16). [citation needed]
236.588 mL. The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres .
A standard 4.1-ounce can of tuna contains 22 grams of satisfying protein.Heidi McIndoo, MS, RD, of Apple a Day Nutrition highlights how tuna is also a source of omega-3 fatty acids, ...