troy
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troy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Troy \Troy\, n.
Troy weight.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
troy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
troy
n 1: a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones;
based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains [syn:
troy, troy weight]
2: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan
War [syn: Troy, Ilion, Ilium]
troy - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Troy, AL (city, FIPS 76920)
Location: 31.80412 N, 85.96816 W
Population (1990): 13051 (5150 housing units)
Area: 61.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36081
Troy, ID (city, FIPS 82360)
Location: 46.73869 N, 116.76805 W
Population (1990): 699 (286 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83871
Troy, IL (city, FIPS 76199)
Location: 38.73120 N, 89.89375 W
Population (1990): 6046 (2283 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62294
Troy, IN (town, FIPS 76634)
Location: 37.99607 N, 86.80154 W
Population (1990): 465 (199 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47588
Troy, KS (city, FIPS 71575)
Location: 39.78632 N, 95.08858 W
Population (1990): 1073 (472 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Troy, ME
Zip code(s): 04987
Troy, MI (city, FIPS 80700)
Location: 42.58016 N, 83.14305 W
Population (1990): 72884 (27197 housing units)
Area: 86.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48083, 48084, 48098
Troy, MO (city, FIPS 73942)
Location: 38.97690 N, 90.97535 W
Population (1990): 3811 (1630 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63379
Troy, MT (city, FIPS 75025)
Location: 48.46000 N, 115.88997 W
Population (1990): 953 (409 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59935
Troy, NC (town, FIPS 68520)
Location: 35.36406 N, 79.89316 W
Population (1990): 3404 (1181 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27371
Troy, NH
Zip code(s): 03465
Troy, NY (city, FIPS 75484)
Location: 42.73435 N, 73.67547 W
Population (1990): 54269 (22871 housing units)
Area: 27.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12180, 12182
Troy, OH (city, FIPS 77588)
Location: 40.04441 N, 84.21921 W
Population (1990): 19478 (8006 housing units)
Area: 22.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45373
Troy, PA (borough, FIPS 77584)
Location: 41.78466 N, 76.78956 W
Population (1990): 1262 (583 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16947
Troy, SC (town, FIPS 72655)
Location: 33.98736 N, 82.29681 W
Population (1990): 140 (60 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29848
Troy, TN (town, FIPS 75240)
Location: 36.33953 N, 89.16160 W
Population (1990): 1047 (454 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38260
Troy, TX (city, FIPS 73748)
Location: 31.19561 N, 97.30682 W
Population (1990): 1395 (546 housing units)
Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76579
Troy, VA
Zip code(s): 22974
Troy, VT
Zip code(s): 05868
Troy, WV
Zip code(s): 26443
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