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cent•ner
(sent′nər),USA pronunciation n.
- Weights and Measures(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of 100 kilograms.
- Latin centēnārius of a hundred; see centenary
- Low German; compare German Zentner, Old High German centenari
- 1675–85 for sense "hundredweight''
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