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Scruple


An archaic unit fraction variously defined as 1/200 (of an hour), 1/10 or 1/12 (of an inch), 1/12 (of a celestial body's angular diameter), or 1/60 (of an hour or degree).


See also

Calcus, Uncia

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References

Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. New York: Penguin Books, p. 85, 1986.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Scruple." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Scruple.html

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