Definition of Cental

1. Noun. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.

Exact synonyms: Centner, Cwt, Hundredweight, Quintal, Short Hundredweight
Generic synonyms: Avoirdupois Unit
Terms within: Quarter
Group relationships: Net Ton, Short Ton, Ton

Definition of Cental

1. n. A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

2. n. Relating to a hundred.

Definition of Cental

1. Adjective. Relating to a hundred. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cental

1. a unit of weight [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cental

censureless
censurer
censurers
censures
censuring
census taker
censused
censusing
cent
cent-
centage
centages
centai
cental (current term)
centals
centare
centares
centas
centaureas
centauresque
centauress
centauresses
centaurette
centaurettes
centauric
centauries
centauroid
centauroids

Literary usage of Cental

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual: Designed for the by John Groesbeck (1870)
"THE cental SYSTEM. Efforts have been made by the Boards of Trade in most of our large cities, to introduce the cental System in place of the bushel, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Board of Trade by National Board of Trade (U.S.) (1890)
"All of the above, with the exception of the Chicago Board of Trade, favored the adoption of the cental System whenever all the leading grain organizations ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"An hundred weight. Quintal, French ; because divided into five parts or five score. A ¡cental, or an ..."

4. The Crittendon Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual: Designed for the by John Groesbeck (1871)
"THE cental SYSTEM. Efforts have been made by the Boards of Trade in most of our large cities, to introduce the cental System in place of the bushel, ..."

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