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Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net> wrote:
... The culprit is this *fluid* oz; which, dang-it,
is a slang unit. Just like "dang-it" is not in the dictionary; the fluid oz
is not in the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, or in the official listings
of the International General Conference on Weights and Measures. Ounces and
pounds are units of weight, and teaspoons and pints and quarts are units of
volume.
Al,
You really need to get a better dictionary.
fluid ounce
n. Abbr. fl. oz.
1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 29.57 milliliters (1.804 cubic inches).
2. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in liquid and dry measure, equal to 28.41 milliliters (1.734 cubic inches).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
fluid ounce or fluidounce
n.
Abbr. fl oz, fl. oz.
A unit of volume or capacity equal to 8 fluid drams or 29.57 milliliters.
Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Main Entry: fluid ounce
Function: noun
1 : a U.S. unit of liquid capacity equal to 1/16 pint
2 : a British unit of liquid capacity equal to 1/20 pint
Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
fluid ounce
n 1: 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) [syn: fluidounce] 2: a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches [syn: fluidounce]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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