The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass with many different definitions in different countries, but usually it is 100 base units of mass, e. Mass is a fundamental concept in Physics, roughly corresponding to the Intuitive idea of how much Matter there is in an object g. pounds. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass

Both terms share their roots in the Classical Latin centenarius, meaning hundredlike, but the quintal has a convoluted etymology: It became Late Latin centenarium pondus, then in succession, Late Greek, kentenarion, Arabic, qintar, Mediæval Latin, quintale, and finally Old French quintal before passing into the English language. Classical Latin is the form of the Latin language used by the ancient Romans in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature. Vulgar Latin (in Latin sermo vulgaris, "folk speech" is a Blanket term covering the popular Dialects and Sociolects of the Latin Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange and as the Liturgical language of the medieval Old French was the Romance Dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The word centner, on the other hand, is just a Germanicized form of centenarius. The Germanic languages are a group of related languages that constitute a branch of the Indo-European (IE Language family.

The unit was and still is used in the Arab world, where it is known as the qintar. It is currently defined informally as 50 kg. The qintar was reimported to Europe by traders.

In France it used to be defined as 100 livres (pounds), about 48. In France, before the decimalised Metric system 95 kg, and has later been redefined as 100 kg (mesures usuelles), thus called metric quintal with symbol q. Mesures usuelles ( French for customary measurements) were a system of Measurement introduced to act as compromise between metric system and traditional In Spain it is still defined as 100 libras, or about 46 kg, and in Portugal as 128 libras or about 58. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. 75 kg. In English both, quintal and centner, were once alternate names for the hundredweight and thus defined either as 100 lb (exactly 45. English unit is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of Units of measurement, some obsolete and some still in use in present-day USA, the Hundred weight or hundredweight is a Unit of measurement for Mass in U The avoirdupois (ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz French avwaʀdypwɑ system is a system of weights (or properly Mass) based on a pound of sixteen Ounces 359237 kg) or as 112 lb (about 50. 84 kg). Also, in Dominican Republic it is about 125 lb. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with

In India, the quintal is equivalent to 100 kg and is a standard measurement of mass for agricultural products. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

The quintal was defined in the United States in 1866^[1] as 100 kilograms. However, this is not in use and though it still appears in the statute, it has been declared obsolete by NIST. ^[2]

100 kilograms centner and "centner per hectare" were also common units used in Soviet Union's agriculture and are used now in ex-USSR states. Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

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• Zentner

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