QUINTAL

hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal

(noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

quintal

(noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

quintal (plural quintals)

(historical, except, India) A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight.

Synonym: hundredweight

One hundred kilograms.

Usage notes

The quintal is not standardized in the International System of Units. In modern use it usually corresponds to 100 kilograms; before the introduction of the metric system the value varied according to the weight of the local pound. A French quintal was 49.951 kg, a Portuguese quintal 58.75 kg, a Spanish quintal 46.014 kg and an Italian quintale 32.67 kg (in Milan).

Proper noun

Quintal (plural Quintals)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Quintal is the 16939^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1679 individuals. Quintal is most common among White (69.27%) and Hispanic/Latino (18.34%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

Quin"tal, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See Hundred, and cf. Kentle.]

1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]

2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition