Editing Ounce (section)

==== Metric ounces ====
Some countries have redefined their ounces in the [[metric system]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=D. A. |last1=Wittop Koning |first2=G. M. M. |last2=Houben |title=2000 jaar gewichten in de nederlanden|language=nl |publisher=De Tijdstroom |location=Lochem-Poperinge |year=1980 |isbn=9060879651 }} {{in lang|nl}}</ref>  For example, the German apothecaries' ounce of 30 grams is very close to the previously widespread Nuremberg ounce, but the divisions and multiples come out in metric.

In 1820, the Dutch redefined their ounce (in [[Dutch language|Dutch]], ''ons'') as 100 [[gram]]s.  In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outpostthehague.com/relocations/insideguide/wheretoturn.htm |title=Guide to The Hague – Where to turn |access-date=1 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316071124/http://www.outpostthehague.com/relocations/insideguide/wheretoturn.htm |archive-date=16 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[[:nl:Nederlands metriek stelsel]]</ref> 
Dutch amendments to the metric system, such as an ''ons'' or 100&nbsp;grams, has been inherited, adopted, and taught in [[Indonesia]] beginning in elementary school. It is also listed as [[Standard language|standard usage]] in Indonesia's national dictionary, the ''[[Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia]]'', and the government's official elementary-school curriculum.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id/entri/ons |title=Ons in KBBI |access-date=12 July 2019 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712173704/https://kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id/entri/ons |url-status=live }}</ref>