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Definition of Carats
1. carat [n] - See also: carat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carats
Literary usage of Carats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1905)
"Sometimes as many as 8000 carats of diamonds are separated in one day, ...
About two million carats of diamonds are turned out of the Kimberley mines in a ..."
2. Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern: Illustrated and described by William Cowper Prime (1861)
"The other degrees of fineness in carats are determined on the same proportions.
... It is this : Gold or silver chemically pure, that is 24 carats fine, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In 1873 Cape diamonds were stated to be worth—yellows under 5 carats, ...
It weighs 136} carats, but originally weighed 410 carats, and the fragments split ..."
4. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of by Duarte Barbosa (1866)
"One of five carats and a half One of six carats ... One of six carats and a half
One of seven carats - One of seven carats and a half - One of eight carats ..."
5. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1905)
"It weighed 83J carats in the rough, and was cut down to a brilliant slightly
pear-shaped in outline, and of a very pale yellow tint, of 46J carats. ..."
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