Fluid ounce — Fluid ounces redirects here. For the band, see Fluid Ounces. A fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl.) is a unit of volume equal to about 28.4 mL in the imperial system or about 29.6 mL in the US system. The fluid ounce is… … Wikipedia
Fluid ounce — Fluid Flu id, n. A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves. [1913 Webster] Note: Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species. Water, air, and steam are fluids. By analogy, the term was sometimes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fluid ounce — Ounce Ounce (ouns), n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. o gkos bulk, mass, atom. Cf. 2d {Inch}, {Oke}.] 1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fluid ounce — n 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 * * * (fl oz) a unit of capacity (liquid measure) of the apothecaries system, in the United States being 8 fluid drams, one sixteenth… … Medical dictionary
fluid ounce — [flo͞o΄id ouns′] a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1/ 4 gill or 1/ 16 pint or 8 fluid drams (29.5734 milliliters): the British and Canadian imperial fluid ounce equals 1/ 20 of an imperial pint or 28.4122 milliliters: abbrev. fl oz … English World dictionary
fluid ounce — fluid ounces N COUNT: num N, oft N of n A fluid ounce is a measurement of liquid. There are twenty fluid ounces in a British pint, and sixteen in an American pint … English dictionary
fluid ounce — noun count a unit for measuring an amount of liquid, equal to .02957 liters. There are 16 fluid ounces in a PINT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fluid ounce — n written abbreviation fl oz a unit for measuring liquid, equal to 1/20 ↑pint or 0.028 litres in Britain, and 1/16 pint or 0.030 litres in the US … Dictionary of contemporary English
fluid ounce — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a unit of capacity equal to one twentieth of a pint (approximately 0.028 litre). 2) (also fluidounce) US a unit of capacity equal to one sixteenth of a US pint (approximately 0.03 litre) … English terms dictionary
fluid ounce — (fl oz) a traditional unit of liquid volume, called the fluid ounce to avoid confusion with the weight ounce. In the U. S. customary system there are 16 fluid ounces in a pint, so each fluid ounce represents 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573… … Dictionary of units of measurement
