Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old weight equal to a scruple, or the twenty-fourth part of an ounce troy.
- noun A unit of mass formerly used in various countries for weighing gold.
- noun Hence A twenty-fourth part: specifically used in expressing the fineness of gold when used as jewelry.
- noun A unit of weight for precious stones, divided by jewelers into 4 grains, called
diamond-grains , but equal to about 3⅙ troy grains, 151½ English carats being taken as equal to an ounce troy. - noun Often abbreviated car. or K.
- To try or refine (gold).
- noun An Arabian coin of base silver, current in Mecca, Medina, and Mocha.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
- noun A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
unit ofweight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams. - noun Formerly, any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
- noun A measure of the
purity ofgold , pure gold being 24 carats.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
- noun a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A carat is 1/5 of a gram and about the size of a pink pearl eraser on a number-two pencil.
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The first of these is referred to as the carat, which is a measurement of the weight.
Article Source 2009
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- A carat is the unit of measure used to gauge the weight of precious stones, including diamonds.
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Cibao, from which the mines of Cibao are named, whence comes that famous gold, superior in carat, which is held in great esteem here.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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It is critical that you consider the carat weight of the gold jewellery you are considering and when comparing costs, ensure you are comparing fourteen carat gold jewellery, and not twelve carat, which is even less pure.
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It is critical that you consider the carat weight of the gold jewellery you are considering and when comparing costs, ensure you are comparing fourteen carat gold jewellery, and not twelve carat, which is even less pure.
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It is critical that you consider the carat weight of the gold jewellery you are considering and when comparing costs, ensure you are comparing fourteen carat gold jewellery, and not twelve carat, which is even less pure.
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It is critical that you consider the carat weight of the gold jewellery you are considering and when comparing costs, ensure you are comparing fourteen carat gold jewellery, and not twelve carat, which is even less pure.
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It is critical that you consider the carat weight of the gold jewellery you are considering and when comparing costs, ensure you are comparing fourteen carat gold jewellery, and not twelve carat, which is even less pure.
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It is critical that you consider the carat weight of the gold jewellery you are considering and when comparing costs, ensure you are comparing fourteen carat gold jewellery, and not twelve carat, which is even less pure.
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