libra
Pronunciation: [ˈliː.bra]
“libra” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:
noun
- libra, Roman pound, a Roman unit of mass, equivalent to about 327 g
- scales, a tool used to balance two weights to measure amounts
- level, a tool used to check surfaces for horizontal and vertical alignment
- pound, any of various units of mass derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman libra
- pound, any of various currencies derived from the use of pound as a weight in silver
In Latin
- Pondus duodecim unciarum
- Mensurae genus constans duodecim partibus aequalibus
- Instrumentum quo res ponderantur, habens duas lances, ex quarum depressione vel elevatione iustum rei pondus deprehenditur
- Instrumentum fabrile, quo utuntur ad examinandas planae superficiei inclinationes
- Geometrica machina, qua exploramus altitudinem maris, fontium, lacuum, vel fluviorum, num scilicet altiora sint eo loco, quo ea ducere constituimus
- Aequum pondus; superficies omnino aequalis
- as (pondus)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. The word's original form was something like Proto-Italic *līðrā, *leiðrā (“pound”), surviving also in Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra), whence English litre. Weiss derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to pour”) suffixed with the instrumental/resultative suffix *-dʰrom, under the assumption that the term originally meant "pouring (of metal)" before evolving to mean a…
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