CARAT
\kˈaɹat], \kˈaɹat], \k_ˈa_ɹ_a_t]\
Definitions of CARAT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
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A twenty-fourth part; - a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
By Oddity Software
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The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
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A twenty-fourth part; - a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
By Noah Webster.
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The weight of 3.17 grains, used for weighing precious stones and pearls; a twenty-fourth part; a term used to express the flneness of gold.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A weight of four grains; a 24th part consisting of pure gold; thus gold of 22 carats is gold of which 22 parts are pure. Not to be worth a carat, to be of little or no value.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A weight of 4 grains used in weighing gold and precious stones; the weight that expresses the purity of gold, 24 carats being the standard of purity.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
