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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.

Grain

The grain or troy grain (symbol: gr) is a unit of mass and it is exactly equal to 64.79891 milligrams. One gram is thus approximately equivalent to 15.43236 grains. The unit formerly used by jewellers to measure pearls, diamonds, and other precious stones, called the jeweller's grain or pearl grain, is equal to 1⁄4 carat (50 mg; 0.77 gr). The grain was also the name of a traditional French unit equal to 53.115 mg. In both British Imperial units and United States customary units, there are precisely 7,000 grains per avoirdupois pound, and 5,760 grains per troy pound or apothecaries' pound.

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