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Centner

Centner Meaning & Definition
Centner Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Centner?

[n] a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
[n] in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
[n] a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Synonyms | Synonyms for Centner: cental | cwt | hundredweight | quintal | short hundredweight

Related Terms | Find terms related to Centner:

See Also | avoirdupois unit | centner | doppelzentner | metric hundredweight | metric weight unit | myg | myriagram | net ton | quarter | short ton | ton | weight unit

Centner In Webster's Dictionary

\Cent"ner\, n. [Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L. centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred.] 1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. Note: The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred equal parts, each one pound; the whole they call a centner: the pound is divided into thirty-two parts, or half ounces; the half ounce into two quarters; and each of these into two drams. But the assayers use different weights. With them a centner is one dram, to which the other parts are proportioned. 2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.

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