About The Word Centner
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Centner
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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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