cental

3 definitions found

cental - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cental \Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
     A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
     parts of the United States a Hundredweight.
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  Cental \Cen"tal\, n.
     Relating to a hundred.
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     Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the
        cental, or hundredweight.
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cental - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cental
      n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
           [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight,
           centner, cental, quintal]