avoirdupois pound meaning

[Mechanics]
See pound

[Medicine]
n : POUND b

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1. One slug has a mass of 32 . 174049 avoirdupois pound.
2. The avoirdupois pound was defined in prototype, rated as to grains.
3. So, �1 worth of quarter farthings weighed 10 avoirdupois pounds ( ).
4. The modern definition of the avoirdupois pound ( 1 lb ) is exactly kilograms.
5. An avoirdupois pound is equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces and to exactly 7, 000 grains.