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  2. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    An imperial fluid ounce is defined in British law as 28.4130625 millilitres, a US customary fluid ounce is 29.57353 mL, and a US food labelling fluid ounce is 30 mL. The fluid ounce is sometimes referred to simply as an "ounce" in contexts where its use is implicit, such as bartending. Other uses Fabric weight. Ounces are also used to express ...

  3. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    An imperial fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 of an imperial pint, 1 ⁄ 160 of an imperial gallon or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US liquid pint and 1 ⁄ 128 of a US liquid gallon or exactly 29.5735295625 mL, making it about 4.08% larger than the imperial fluid ounce. A US food labeling fluid ounce is exactly 30 mL.

  4. Standard drink - Wikipedia

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    Standard drink. United States standard drinks of beer, malt liquor, wine, and spirits compared. Each contains about 14 grams or 17.7 ml of ethanol. A standard drink or (in the UK) unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol. The notion is used in relation to recommendations about alcohol ...

  5. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    Nip (UK) 189.42 mL. 6.39 US fl oz. 6.66 imp oz. 1⁄3 of an Imperial pint. Short for Nipperkin. Strong ale and Barley wine were usually bottled in nips [3] Metric measurement glasses and containers usually round up to a metric half pint of 200 mL (7 imp oz). small glass (US) 236.59 mL.

  6. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    American brewers package their beer in 12-US-fluid-ounce bottles, which are 355 mL each. As a result, Canadian bottles are labelled as 11.5 fl oz in US units when imported into the United States. Because the standard size of Canadian beer bottles predates the adoption of the metric system in Canada, the bottles are still sold and labelled in ...

  7. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For carry-on luggage, the Transportation Security Administration restricts liquids to 3.4 fluid ounces (100 mL). Originally, the agency planned to restrict to 3 oz (89 mL) but switched it to 3.4 oz (100 mL) after pressure from the European Union.

  8. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Cooking weights and measures. Measuring spoons (metric) – 1 mL, 5 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 125 mL. Measuring spoons (customary units) In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass (commonly called weight), by volume, or by count . For most of history, most cookbooks did not specify quantities precisely, instead talking of "a ...

  9. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    236.588 mL. The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres .