What is 21gi in US Fluid Ounce?

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What is 21 Gills (21gi) in US Fluid Ounce (fl oz)?

What is 21gi in fl oz? Convert 21 Gills (21gi) to US Fluid Ounce (fl oz) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Gills to US Fluid Ounce

Formula
fl oz = gi x 4.8
Quick Rough Maths
To get the US Fluid Ounce, multiply the number of Gills by 4.8
Gills (gi) in 1 Fluid Ounce
There are 0.21 Gills in 1 Fluid Ounce
US Fluid Ounce (fl oz) in 1 Gill
There are 4.8 US Fluid Ounce in 1 Gill

Unit Information

Gill
/dʒɪl/
Symbol: gi
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Gill?

The gill is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol gi.

It represents 1/4 of a pint - so in this instance, it is 1/4 of an imperial pint - therefore measures exactly 142.0653125 ml. It's also equal to 2 imperial cups and 1/32 of an imperial gallon.

It is pronounced with a "J" sound at the beginning - and it actually part of a humorous in the nursery rhyme 'Jack & Jill'.

In the UK it was used throughout pubs as standard measures; for example spirits were served as 1/6 gill as standard. In Scotland it was 1/5 gill and in Ireland 1/4 gill. It's still used in the Republic of Ireland today.

Fluid Ounce
/ˈfluːɪd aʊns/
Symbol: fl oz
Unit System: US Customary

What is the Fluid Ounce?

The US fluid ounce is a unit of volume in the US customary unit system with the symbol fl oz.

Primarily used for measuring the volume or capacity of liquids, 1 US fluid ounce is equal to 29.57353 ml. It is also equal to 1.040843 imperial fluid ounces.

1 US fluid ounce is equal to 1/16 imperial pint, 1/32 imperial quart and 1/128 imperial gallon.

The fluid ounce was originally defined by the volume taken up by one ounce of a substance. Of course this would be different depending on the density of that substance; for example England used wine whereas Scotland used water to establish this measure.

The US fluid ounce is derived from the US gallon; which was originally based on the English wine gallon (231 cubic inches).


Conversion Tables for Gills (gi) to US Fluid Ounce (fl oz)