Meaning Of The Word Proof spirit
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Proof spirit Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Proof spirit?
proof spirit in American English
an alcoholic liquor, or a mixture of alcohol and water, containing by volume 50 percent (in Great Britain and Canada 57.10 percent) ethyl alcohol at 15.6° C (c. 60°F) noun: an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain pro proof spirit in British English noun: (in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 per cent by volume at 51° F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids |
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