The phrase "a unit of weight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing measurements or specifications related to weight in various contexts, such as science, cooking, or shipping.
Example: "The recipe calls for a unit of weight equivalent to 200 grams of flour."
Alternatives: "a measure of weight" or "a weight measurement".
Five thousand years ago, a shekel was a unit of weight – usually barley.
Originally the word lira indicated a division of the libra, a Latin word used by Charlemagne to indicate a unit of weight.
And who knew the seeds of the carob tree, which lent their name to the carat, were once used as a unit of weight for gold and diamonds?
Thus, uncia designated both a unit of weight and one of length and is the source of the modern terms inch and ounce.
As a unit of weight, the ounce derives from the Roman uncia (meaning "twelfth part"), which was 1/12 of a Roman foot or ounce.
Originally any good-sized rock chosen as a local standard, the stone came to be widely used as a unit of weight in trade, its value fluctuating with the commodity and region.
In addition, the vaccinated flounder gained 21% more weight and required 16% less feed to gain a unit of body weight compared to the control group.
argues that the triggering consonant is underlyingly associated with a unit of syllable weight called a mora; this mora then shifts to the vowel, creating a long vowel or a diphthong.
After several months' study, the academy recommended that the length of the meridian passing through Paris be determined from the North Pole to the Equator, that 1/10,000,000 of this distance be termed the metre and form the basis of a new decimal linear system, and, further, that a new unit of weight should be derived from the weight of a cubic metre of water.
The seeds are also used as a traditional unit of weight (ratti), equivalent to about 0.91 carat, in India.
In ancient times, when coinage weights customarily furnished the lower subdivisions of weight systems, the scruple (from Latin scrupulus, "small stone" or "pebble") was a unit of Roman commercial weight as well as a unit of coinage weight.
