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Pound

The pound or pound-mass (symbol: lb) is a unit of mass used in British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Today the pound is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms. One pound contains 16 ounces. This unit is descended from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation 'lb'). The English word pound is cognate with, among others, German Pfund, Dutch pond, and Swedish pund.

Gram

The gram (symbol: g) is the unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI). Definition of gram: Gram is defined as the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre [1 cm³], and at the temperature of 4 °C. Presently, a gram is defined as one-thousandth part of a kilogram.

The gram is today the most widely used unit of measurement for non-liquid ingredients in cooking and grocery shopping worldwide. The Japanese 1 yen coin has a mass of 1 gram,[14] lighter than the British penny (3.56 g), the United States penny (2.5 g), the Euro cent (2.30 g), and the Australian 5 cent coin (2.80 g).

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