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Webster 1913 Edition
Troy
Troy
,Noun.
Troy weight.
Troy weight
, the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from
Troyes
, in France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 117⁄175 or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. Troy weight when divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams, the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains, is called apothecaries’ weight, used in weighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the 1⁄10000 part.Webster 1828 Edition
Troy
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Definition 2024
Troy
Troy
See also: troy
English
Proper noun
Troy
- (historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
- A city in Alabama.
- A city in Michigan.
- A city in New York.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
an ancient city
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Etymology 2
From Old French Troyes.
Proper noun
Troy
- A surname derived from the city Troyes in France.
- A male given name, originally transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
Anagrams
troy
troy
See also: Troy
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Numeral
troy
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Originally in the compound onza troy (“troy ounce”); a loan translation of English troy ounce, perhaps after the French city of Troyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [/ˈtɾoi/[[Category:IPA pronunciations with invalid IPA characters|[//]], [ˈtɾo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -oi̯
Adjective
troy m, f (plural troy)
Derived terms
References
- “troy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.