- A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System equal to 100 pounds (45.36 kilograms). Also called cental, short hundredweight.
- A unit of weight in the British Imperial System equal to 112 pounds (50.80 kilograms). Also called quintal.
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A unit of weight measurement created by U.S. merchants in the late 1800s. A hundred weight is equal to exactly 100 pounds.
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| Measures and Units: hundredweight |
mass 112 lb (50.802~ kg) (cwt, gross hundredweight, long hundredweight) in Britain and elsewhere, but 100 lb (45.359~ kg) (also net hundredweight, short hundredweight) in North America. See pound for more precise values, and Table 25 for scales.
| BI, Australia, New Zealand | SI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lb | … | … | … | … | 454.~ g |
| 14 | stone | … | … | … | 6.35~ kg |
| 28 | 2 | quarter | … | … | 12.7~ kg |
| 112 | 8 | 4 | hundredweight | … | 50.8~ kg |
| 2 240 | 20 | ton | 1016.~ kg | ||
| For downward extension, see ounce. |
| US-C, Canada | SI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lb | … | … | … | … | 454.~ g |
| 25 | quarter | … | … | 11.3~ kg | |
| 100 | 4 | hundredweight | … | 45.4~ kg | |
| 2 000 | 20 | ton | 907.~ kg | ||
| For downward extension, see ounce. |
weight, force See gravitational system, weight.
| Unit Conversions: hundredweights (short) |
To convert from hundredweights (short) to:
ounces (avoirdupois),
multiply by 1600.
pounds,
multiply by 100.
tons (metric),
multiply by .0453592.
tons (long),
multiply by .0446429.
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| Wikipedia: Hundredweight |
Centum weight or hundredweight is a unit of measurement for mass in United States customary units and in the Imperial system in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Commonwealth of Nations.
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The definition of the hundredweight differs in the two major systems of English customary units:[citation needed]
In both systems, there are twenty hundredweights to a ton – the long ton of 2240 pounds (approximately equal to a metric tonne of 1,000 kilograms (2,205 lb)), and the short ton of 2000 pounds. In both systems, the hundredweight is abbreviated cwt, where wt is an abbreviation for weight and c is an abbreviation for one hundred (Roman centum).
Before the 15th century in England, a hundredweight used the old hundred of 108 lb, giving a ton of 2160 pounds. In some industries (notably forges) this old hundred was retained somewhat longer. The London hundredweight of 112 pounds eventually replaced the old hundred.[citation needed]
The short hundredweight is commonly used in the sale of livestock and some cereal grains and oilseeds and concrete additives and on futures exchanges. The long hundredweight is now little used in any country; one exception is for measuring the weight of ringable bells used for change ringing.[1]
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| Translations: Hundredweight |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - vægtenheden centner
Nederlands (Dutch)
centenaar (gewichtseenheid)
Français (French)
n. - quintal, (Mes) (GB) (= 50,80 kg), (Mes) (US) (= 45,36 kg)
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγγλικός στατήρας (50.80 χιλιόγραμμα), εκατόβαρο
Italiano (Italian)
hundredweight (unità di misura)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - peso (m) de 100 libras = 45,3593 kg (EUA), peso (m) de 112 libras = 50,8024 kg (Brit.)
Русский (Russian)
английский центнер
Español (Spanish)
n. - quintal
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - centner a) britt. 50,802 kg, b) amer. 45,359 kg
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
重量单位, 半公担, 英担
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 重量單位, 半公擔, 英擔
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ハンドレッドウェイト
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الهندردويت, وحدة وزن تساوي مئه باوند في الولايات المتحدة الامريكيه أو 112 باوندا في انكلترة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מאה ליטראות, 05 ק"ג. בבריטניה: כ-8.05 ק"ג, בארה"ב: כ-4.54 ק"ג
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