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cent⋅ner

  [sent-ner]
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–noun
1. (in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
2. a unit of 100 kilograms.
Origin:
1675–85 for sense “hundredweight”; < LG; cf. G Zentner, OHG centenari < L centēnārius of a hundred; see centenary
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cent·ner   (sěnt'nər)   
n.  

    1. A unit of weight in Germany and Scandinavia corresponding to the hundredweight and equal to 50 kilograms (110.23 pounds).

    2. A unit of weight in parts of the former Soviet Union equal to 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds).

  2. An assaying unit equal to one dram.


[German Zentner, from Old High German cëntenāri, from Latin centēnārius, of a hundred; see centenary.]
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