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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 16939th 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
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