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quintal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr Sp quintal, fr Ar qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr centeni a hundred each fr centum a hundred. See {Hundred}, and cf {Kentle}.] 1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used Cf {Cental}. [Sometimes written and pronounced {kentle}.] 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quintal n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms 2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner}, {cental}]
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