WEIGHT UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weight unit mean? 

• WEIGHT UNIT (noun)
  The noun WEIGHT UNIT has 2 senses:

1. a decimal unit of weight based on the gram

2. a unit used to measure weight

  Familiarity information: WEIGHT UNIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEIGHT UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decimal unit of weight based on the gram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

metric weight unit; weight unit

Hypernyms ("weight unit" is a kind of...):

metric; metric unit (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds))

mass unit (a unit of measurement for mass)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight unit"):

metric ton; MT; t; tonne (a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms)

quintal; centner; doppelzentner; hundredweight; metric hundredweight (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)

centner (in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms)

myg; myriagram (one ten thousandth of a centner)

kg; kilo; kilogram (one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)

hectogram; hg (100 grams)

dag; decagram; dekagram; dkg (10 grams)

gram molecule; mol; mole (the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)

gram-atomic weight; gram atom (the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element)

g; gm; gram; gramme (a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram)

carat (a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg)

decigram; dg (1/10 gram)

grain; metric grain (a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat)

nanogram; ng (one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram)

mg; milligram (one thousandth (1/1,000) gram)

mcg; microgram (one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram)

Holonyms ("weight unit" is a part of...):

metric system (a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit used to measure weight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

weight; weight unit

Context example:

he placed two weights in the scale pan

Hypernyms ("weight unit" is a kind of...):

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight unit"):

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

welterweight (a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase))

tod (a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds)

tael (a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces)

rotl (a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds)

pood (a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds)

picul (a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry))

oka (a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds)

obolus (a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram)

maund (a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries)

last (a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds)

frail (the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds)

crith (the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure))

cattie; catty (any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams))

arroba (a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries)