"metric ounce" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metric ounces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} metric ounce (plural metric ounces)
  1. A metric approximation of the ounce; specifically:
    25 grams.
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  2. A metric approximation of the ounce; specifically:
    30 grams.
    Sense id: en-metric_ounce-en-noun-p2kCxMmK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metric-ounce Translations (metric approximation of an ounce): metrinen unssi (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'metric approximation of an ounce': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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