centner

English - Turkish

Definition of centner in English Turkish dictionary

elli kiloluk tartı

elli kilogramlık bir ağırlık birimi

English - English

Definition of centner in English English dictionary

A unit of weight, with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds

{n} the hundred used in assaying metals, or a certain weight divisible into a hundred

{i} unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms; in some countries equals 50 kg or 100 pounds

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts

The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds

in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms

Hyphenation

cent·ner

Turkish pronunciation

sentnır

Pronunciation

/ˈsentnər/ /ˈsɛntnɜr/

Etymology

[ 'sent-n&r ] (noun.) 1683. Probably from Lower German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight