OH, thanks so, so much for fully simplifying the definition.
In a message dated 24/10/2009 9:48:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pethier@comcast.net writes:
Sorta. From Wikipedia:
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The hundredweight or centum weight (abbreviated cwt) is a unit of mass
defined in terms of the pound avoirdupois (lb). The Imperial and U.S.
customary definitions differ :
In Imperial units, a (long) hundredweight is defined as 112 lb, or 8
stone, or four quarters; equivalent to 50.80234544 kg. This is so close to 50
kg
that the transition to its 50 kg metric equivalent of quintal aka centner
(Zentner in German) has been easy.
In U.S. customary units, a (short) hundredweight is defined as 100 lb;
equivalent to 45.35924 kg. This is also the normal hundredweight in Canada.
The short hundredweight is also called a cental, especially in places which
normally use the long hundredweight.
In both systems, there are twenty hundredweights to a ton: respectively,
the long ton of 2240 lbbapproximately equal to a metric tonne of 1,000
kilograms (2,205 lb))b and the short ton of 2000 lb.
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