Meanings
nountroy grain (plural troy grains)
plural troy grains
- A unit of mass, equal to 1/24 of a pennyweight or 1/480 of a troy ounce, fixed at 0.064 798 91 grams under the metric system.
Synonyms: grain
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA unit of mass, equal to 1/24 of a pennyweight or 1/480 of a troy ounce, fixed at 0.064 798 91 grams under the metric system.
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Origin
Morphologically, from Troyes, town in Northern France + grain, unit of mass.
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troy grain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troy%20grain
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