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Definition of: centner
(sent′nər) noun
1. The hundredweight of various European countries, or 110.23 pounds, equal to 50 kilograms.
2. Metall. A hundred pounds.
3. In assaying, one dram.
—metric centner Quintal. [<G centner, zentner hundredweight < L centenarius of a hundred]
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