There are 16 ounces (oz) in one pound (lb).
8 lb (pound) = 3 628, 739 grams 8 lb (troy pound) = 2 985,934 grams
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If you see the abbreviation lb in a recipe, it means pound.
216 in-lb = 18 ft-lb calculation : 1 ft-lb = 12 in-lb
The abbreviation lb means pounds.
5 lb = 5 pounds. Pound, as a measure of mass, is derived fom the Roman libra, and so is abbreviated as lb. So "lb" is usually pronounced as pound!
1 kg is 2.2lb. So to find how many lb (pounds) is 625g, then divide it by 2200grams, and the answer is 0.284 lb or just over a quarter of a pound (lb). Which brings the question - why is a pound abbreviated as lb? I don't know that.
The abbreviation is lbs 25 pounds = 25lbs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "lbs" is actually incorrect. Both singular and plural for pound is "lb", because the latin word for pound is libra, abbreviated "lb".
The abbreviation, lb, derives from the Latin libra pondowhich means for pound weight. So lb actually comes from libra and that has more to do with "weight" - rather than pound.
It refers to their weight lb for lb or pound for pound
The abbreviation for weight equivalent to 16 ounces is "lb" which stands for pounds.
First of all it is LB, not LP (I made the same mistake a few years back on a Math test :P). Secondly LB stands for Linear and B stands for Pound (a mathematical abbreviation).==lb is an abbreviation of the Latin word libra, which is, itself, a shortened form of the full expression, libra pondo, "pound weight." Pondo is the origin of the English pound, and even after that word replaced libra, the abbreviation was retained.
Lebanon is abbreviated as LB.
it means nothing
LB or lb stands for pound.
The standard abbreviation for pound is "lb".