Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of weight in Germany and Scandinavia corresponding to the hundredweight and equal to 50 kilograms (110.23 pounds).
- noun A unit of weight in parts of the former Soviet Union equal to 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds).
- noun An assaying unit equal to one dram.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metal, and assaying, a weight divisible first into a hundred parts and then into smaller parts.
- noun A common name in many European countries for a hundredweight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.
- noun The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
unit ofweight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 localpounds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
- noun a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- noun in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The centner of rice contains one hundred and twelve pounds.
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Flour is sold in Carolina for from twelve to sixteen shillings a centner.
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The German loths per centner (1/2 oz. (avoirdupois) to 100 lbs.) equal parts per 3200; they are converted into parts per cent. by dividing by
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Waltershausen estimates the annual consumption of that mineral for this single purpose at 850,000 centner, or more than forty thousand tons.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874
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Waltershausen estimates the annual consumption of that mineral for this single purpose at 850,000 centner, or more than forty thousand tons.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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The Tajik Interior Ministry said yesterday its sources had reported over a centner (50 kilograms) of heroin stored in the household.
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The structures are part of an interpretive centner on the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage.
reesetee commented on the word centner
1. In some European countries, a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
2. a unit of 100 kilograms.
March 28, 2007