pennyweight

English - Turkish

Definition of pennyweight in English Turkish dictionary

{i} yirmi dört buğday ağırlığında ölçü birimi (1,56 gram)

peni ağırlık

dwt yirmi dört buğday ağırlığında eczacı tartısı

English - English

Definition of pennyweight in English English dictionary

A former unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or 1/20th of a troy ounce

{n} 24 grains in Troy weight

{i} weight of a penny, 1/20 of an ounce

a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains

It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name

A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic

dwt

pwt

Related Terms

pennyweights

plural of pennyweight

Hyphenation

pen·ny·weight