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/ˈsɛntnəɹ/ · noun
A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds..
In the same year the mining industry of the country produced about 10 lbs. of gold, 2487 lbs. of silver, 43,297 centner copper, 600 centner copper-nickel, 6787 centner lead, 3286 centner brass, 1485 centner nickel-ore, 490,300 centner zinc-ore, 1200 lbs. cobalt-ore, besides quantities of manganese, sulphur, red ochre, vitriol, alum, black-lead, porphyry, marble and coal.
Use centner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Centner means A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds..
Common synonyms include cental, hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the same year the mining industry of the country produced about 10 lbs. of gold, 2487 lbs. of silver, 43,297 centner copper, 600 centner copper-nickel, 6787 centner lead, 3286 centner brass, 1485 centner nickel-ore, 490,300 centner zinc-ore, 1200 lbs. cobalt-ore, besides quantities of manganese, sulphur, red ochre, vitriol, alum, black-lead, porphyry, marble and coal.
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