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CWT [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Climate Change
OBS

Complexity-Weighted Tonnes; CWT: trademarks of Solomon Associates. The name and abbreviation are followed by uppercase "TM" in a circle, in superscript.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Changements climatiques
OBS

Complexity-Weighted Tonnes; CWT : marque de commerce de Solomon Associates. Le nom et l'abréviation sont suivis de «TM» en majuscules encerclés placés en exposant.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
OBS

The abbreviation of Centum weight tonnage. In transportation, a unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds in North America.

OBS

Usually 100 lbs. (short hundredweight U.S.) but also 112 lbs. (long hundredweight, Great Britain).

OBS

hundredweight; CWT: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Canadian Pacific.

Key term(s)
  • centum weight tonnage
  • short hundredweight
  • long hundredweight

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
OBS

Dans les transports, unité de poids équivalant à 100 livres en Amérique du Nord. Note : Le quintal métrique équivaut à 100 kg.

OBS

Quintal désigne généralement une mesure de 100 livres (quintal court, quintal américain), peut aussi désigner une mesure de 112 livres (quintal fort, quintal britannique).

OBS

Dans un texte ou un tableau, rendre 1 000 CWT, par exemple, par 100 000 livres

OBS

quintal : terme uniformisé par le Canadien Pacifique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
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