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Centner

//ˈsɛntnəɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.

    "In the same year the mining industry of the country produced about 10 lbs. of gold, 2487 lbs. of silver, 43,297 centner copper, 600 centner copper-nickel, 6787 centner lead, 3286 centner brass, 1485 centner nickel-ore, 490,300 centner zinc-ore, 1200 lbs. cobalt-ore, besides quantities of manganese, sulphur, red ochre, vitriol, alum, black-lead, porphyry, marble and coal."

  2. 2
    a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds wordnet
  3. 3
    A nonstandard metric unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, commonly used as an agricultural measure in Eastern Bloc countries (similar to a bushel).
  4. 4
    in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms wordnet
  5. 5
    a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system wordnet

Etymology

Probably from Low German, cp. German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight. Doublet of centenary, kantar, and quintal.

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