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Also known as quintal, Hundredweight, Quintil

The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries that is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies. It is commonly used for grain prices in wholesale markets in Ethiopia, Eritrea and India, where 1 quintal = .

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unit of mass
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kilogram
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measured physical quantity
mass
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Kwintal (arab. qinṭār przez fr. quintal) – pozaukładowa jednostka miary masy używana tradycyjnie przez rolników, w wydawnictwach fachowych zwana decytoną. Zwana jest potocznie metr (nie mylić z metrem – jednostką długości). 1 kwintal = 1 q = 100 kg

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