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HundredweightCental Cen"tal, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
parts of the United States a Hundredweight. Hundredweight
Hundredweight Hun"dred*weight`, n.
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds
avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the
legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the
United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds
avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes
called the short ton, being the legal ton.
Meaning of Hundredweight from wikipedia
- The
hundredweight (abbreviation: cwt),
formerly also
known as the
centum weight or quintal, is a
British imperial and
United States customary unit of...
- ton are
defined as 20
hundredweights, but a
hundredweight is 100
pounds (45.36 kg) in the US
system (short or net
hundredweight) and 112
pounds (50.80 kg)...
- come to
translate both the
British hundredweight (8
stone or 112
pounds [50.80 kg]) and the
American hundredweight (100
pounds [45.36 kg]), as
their cognate...
- of the
North American short ton,
being 20 long
hundredweight (112 lb)
rather than 20
short hundredweight (100 lb) the
weight of 35
cubic feet (0.991 m3)...
- the song of that name, in 2001. The E.P. was
preceded by the
single "
Hundredweight". The band
signed to Jive
Records in the fall of 2001 and
released two...
- 13 long
hundredweight (1,500 lb; 660 kg), is 41
inches (1,000 mm) in
diameter and is
tuned to A flat; the
second weighs 35 long
hundredweight (3,900 lb;...
- quarters,
hundredweights, and tons
remain defined as 25, 100, and 2000 lb respectively. The
quarter is now
virtually unused, as is the
hundredweight outside...
- of
centimeters in a meter. The
number of
pounds in an
American short hundredweight. In Greece, India,
Israel and Nepal, 100 is the
police telephone number...
-
version weigh between 48 and 493⁄4
hundredweight.
These guns are very
similar to the gun of 91⁄2 feet and 491⁄4
hundredweight which was
detailed in the mensuration...
- imperial. In
livestock auction markets,
cattle are sold in
dollars per
hundredweight (short),
whereas hogs are sold in
dollars per
hundred kilograms. Imperial...
