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Definition of Metric hundredweight
1. Noun. A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms.
Generic synonyms: Metric Weight Unit, Weight Unit
Terms within: Centner
Group relationships: Quintal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metric Hundredweight
Literary usage of Metric hundredweight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monarchical Socialism in Germany by Elmer Roberts (1913)
"The wholesale glass-dealer in Berlin shipping to Hamburg must pay at the rate of
ten marks a metric hundredweight on shipments of glassware in less than ..."
2. Monarchical Socialism in Germany by Elmer Roberts (1913)
"The wholesale glass-dealer in Berlin shipping to Hamburg must pay at the rate of
ten marks a metric hundredweight on shipments of glassware in less than ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"métrique, metric quintal, 100 kilograms (not to be confused with the "metric
hundredweight " which equals 50 kg. or 110.23 Ibs.). quintaux, pi. of quintal. ..."
4. Ready Reference Tables: Volume I. Conversion Factors of Every Unit Or by Carl Hering (1904)
"1 Meter- centner (metric hundredweight )= 100 kilograms. Nystrom gives 1 Vienna
pound =1.235 pounds av. Streeter gives 1 carat (diamond) in Vienna = 206.130 ..."
5. The Hop; Its Culture and Cure, Marketing and Manufacture: A Practical by Herbert Myrick (1899)
"[In metric hundredweight of 110 lbs.] BEER PRODUCTION. United States data are
official. Returns for the world are from ..."
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