FLUID DRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluid dram mean? 

• FLUID DRAM (noun)
  The noun FLUID DRAM has 2 senses:

1. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters

2. a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce

  Familiarity information: FLUID DRAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUID DRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram

Hypernyms ("fluid dram" is a kind of...):

British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)

Meronyms (parts of "fluid dram"):

minim (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters)

Holonyms ("fluid dram" is a part of...):

fluid ounce; fluidounce (a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram

Hypernyms ("fluid dram" is a kind of...):

United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Meronyms (parts of "fluid dram"):

minim (a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram)

Holonyms ("fluid dram" is a part of...):

fluid ounce; fluidounce (a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches)

 Context examples 

A unit of volume in British Imperial system equal to 1/60 fluid dram, 1/20 of a scruple or 0.059194 milliliter.

(Minim British, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of volume in British Imperial system equal to 1/36 fluid dram or approximately 99 microliters.

(Drop British, NCI Thesaurus)