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Definition of Centner
1. Noun. A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms.
Generic synonyms: Metric Weight Unit, Weight Unit
Group relationships: Quintal
2. Noun. In some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms.
Terms within: Myg, Myriagram
Group relationships: Doppelzentner, Hundredweight, Metric Hundredweight
3. Noun. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
Generic synonyms: Avoirdupois Unit
Terms within: Quarter
Group relationships: Net Ton, Short Ton, Ton
Definition of Centner
1. n. A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.
Definition of Centner
1. Noun. A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centner
1. a unit of weight [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centner
Literary usage of Centner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1849)
"From the coast to Carlstadt were transported 24524 centner salt, 1806 centner
oil, <fcc., 1102 centner colonial products. The principal exports from Fiume ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1849)
"From the coast to Carlstadt were transported 24524 centner salt, 1806 centner
oil, &c., 1162 centner colonial products. The principal exports from Fiume ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1852)
"Refined potash alum, crystallized in form of a cask, for 1 ^ centner nett amount
10 dolls. 6^ sgr.—Ordinary potash alum, crystallized in the shape of a cask ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall by Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1828)
"That of the mines of Lower Hungary, a- mounted to 5000 centner, or 275| tons.
... Those of the Bannat, from 7000 centner, or 386 tons, to 10000 centner, ..."
5. Railways Or No Railways: Narrow Gauge, Economy with Efficiency. V. Broad by Robert Francis Fairlie (1872)
"Güterwagen wiegen 100 centner bei einer Tragfähigkeit von 200 centner, welch
letztere jedoch in Wirklichkeit nur zu 42 Procent durchschnittlich ausgenützt ..."
6. Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1874)
"From 120 centner of argentiferous zinc-crusts 58 centner of dry zinc-skimmings were
... The result was 34.45 centner of lead, containing 1.323 per cent. ..."
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