caract

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Množina reči caract je caracts.

carat
/ kerət /

imenica

Množina reči carat je carats.

Sinonimi:
karat · kt

ETYM French carat (cf. Italian carato, OPg. quirate, Portu. and Spanish quilate), Arabic qîrât bean or pea shell, a weight of four grains, a carat, from Greek keration a little horn, the fruit of the carob tree, a weight, a carat. Related to Horn.
(Homonym: caret, carrot, karat).
A unit of weight for precious stones equaling 200 mg.
Unit for measuring the mass of precious stones, derived from the Arabic word quirrat, meaning “seed”. Originally, 1 carat was the weight of a carob seed; it is now taken as 0.2 g/0.00705 oz, and is part of the troy system of weights. Also, an alternative spelling of karat.

karat
/ kerət /

imenica

Množina reči karat je karats.

Sinonimi:
carat · kt

(Homonym: carat, caret, carrot).
The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold; Also called: carat.
A unit of fineness for gold equal to 1/24 part of pure gold in an alloy.
Or carat; The unit of purity in gold in the us. Pure gold is 24-karat; 22-karat (the purest used in jewelry) is 22 parts gold and two parts alloy (to give greater strength).