- cental
- noun Etymology: Latin centum + English -al (as in quintal) Date: 1870 chiefly British hundredweight 1
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Cental — Cen tal, n. Relating to a hundred. [1913 Webster] {Cental system}, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cental — (Zentner), in den Vereinigten Staaten an Stelle des englischen Hundredweight zu 112 Pounds (Cwt.) eingeführtes Handelsgewicht; 1 Cental = 100 Pounds … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
Cental — [sentl; zu lateinisch centum »hundert«] der, s/ s, in Großbritannien neben den gesetzlichen metrischen Einheiten noch verwendete Gewichts und Masseneinheit: 1 cental = 100 pounds = 45,359243 kg. … Universal-Lexikon
Cental — Cen tal, n. [L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; called in many parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cental — (spr. ßenntel), amerikan. Zentner des Leichtgewichtes, = 100 engl. Handelspfund = 25/28 Hundredweights = 45,359 kg … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Cental — (spr. ßenntĕl), amerik. Zentner = 45,359 kg … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
cental — cȅntal m DEFINICIJA v. centa (2) … Hrvatski jezični portal
cental — [sent′ l] n. [ CENT(I) + (QUINT)AL] HUNDREDWEIGHT (sense 1) … English World dictionary
Cental — Cen|tal [ sɛntl̩] der; s, s <aus engl. cental »Zentner«> in Großbritannien verwendete Gewichtseinheit (= 45,359 kg) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
cental — (cH or ctl) an alternate name in Britain for the U.S. hundredweight, which is equal to exactly 100 pounds (the British hundredweight is 112 pounds). Introduced by British merchants around 1850, the name was apparently coined after the model of … Dictionary of units of measurement
Cental system — Cental Cen tal, n. Relating to a hundred. [1913 Webster] {Cental system}, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
