"melt or freeze short ton of ice. There are several similar units of mass or volume called the ton: Both the long ton and the short ton are 20 hundredweight, the long hundredweight and the short hundredweight being 112 and 100 pounds respectively. Before the twentieth century there were several definitions. Prior to the 15th century in England, the ton was 20 hundredweight, each of 108 lb, giving a ton of . In the nineteenth century in different parts of Britain, definitions of 2240, 2352, and 2400 lb were used, with 2000 lb for explosives; the legal ton was usually"
"Hundredweight The hundredweight (abbreviation: cwt), formerly also known as the centum weight or quintal, is an English, imperial, and US customary unit of weight or mass of various values. Its present value continues to differ between the American and imperial systems. The two values are distinguished in American English as the ""short"" and ""long"" hundredweight and in British English as the ""cental"" and the ""imperial hundredweight"". Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a ""short ton"" of 2000 lb and a ""long ton"" of 2240 lb. The hundredweight has had many different values. In England in"
"same as the United States table up to 1 pound, but above that point the tables differ. The imperial system has a hundredweight, defined as eight stone or 112 lb (), whereas a US hundredweight is 100 lb (). In both systems, 20 hundredweights make a ton. In the US, the terms ""long ton"" (, ) and ""short ton"" (; ) are used to distinguish them. The term ""metric ton"" is also used to denote a tonne (, ), which is about 2% less than the long ton. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems Both the imperial"
"Heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxers who weigh 200 pounds and over (14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization. For most boxing organizations, the maximum weight for a cruiserweight is 200 pounds. Thus, a fighter whose weight is over 200 lb (14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) may not fight as anything but a heavyweight. Joe Louis holds the record for most consecutive title defenses at this division, with 25 defenses"
"the term ""centner per hectare"". These are still used by countries that were part of the Soviet Union. In English both terms ""quintal"" and ""centner"" were once alternative names for the hundredweight and thus defined either as 100 lb (exactly 45.359237 kg) or as 112 lb (about 50.84 kg). Also, in the Dominican Republic it is about 125 lb. The German ""Zentner"" was introduced to the English language via Hanseatic trade as a measure of the weight of certain crops including hops for beer production. The quintal was defined in the United States in 1866 as 100 kilograms. However, it"
"only the stone continues in customary use for measuring personal body weight. The present stone is 14 pounds (~6.35 kg), but an earlier unit appears to have been 16 pounds (~7.25 kg). The other units were multiples of 2, 8, and 160 times the stone, or 28, 112, and 2240 pounds (~12.7 kg, 50.8 kg, 1016 kg), respectively. The hundredweight was approximately equal to two talents. The ton of 2240 pounds is called the ""long ton"". The ""short ton"" is equal to 2000 pounds (~907 kg). A tonne (t) is equal to 1000 kg. The division of the circle into"
"[their] weight"" to denote a person or entity (""e.g."" a country) whose influence is arguably greater than his/its basic attributes would suggest. Heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxers who weigh 200 pounds and over (14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization. For most boxing organizations, the maximum weight for a cruiserweight is 200 pounds. Thus, a fighter whose weight is over 200 lb (14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) may not"
"could weigh around and occupy some of space. In the United Kingdom the ton is defined as 2,240 avoirdupois pounds (1,016 kg). This is equivalent to 20 hundredweight, a hundredweight being eight stone, and a stone weighing 14 pounds. From 1965 the UK embarked upon a programme of metrication and gradually introduced metric units, including the tonne (metric ton), defined as 1000 kg (2,204 lb). The UK Weights and Measures Act 1985 explicitly excluded from use for trade many units and terms, including the ton and the term ""metric ton"" for ""tonne"". In the United States and Canada a ton"
"European languages have come to translate both the imperial and American hundredweight as their cognate form of ""quintal"" or ""centner"". The concept has resulted in two different series of masses: Those based on the local pound (which after metrication was considered equivalent to half a kilogram), and those uprated to being based on the kilogram. In India and Albania (kuintal), the quintal as equivalent to 100 kilogram was imported via Arabic influence and is a standard measurement of mass for agricultural products. In France it used to be defined as 100 ""livres"" (pounds), about 48.95 kg, and has been redefined"
"A tie for each round is possible. Male Super heavyweight : above 235 lb (above 106.8 kg) Heavyweight : 215.1 - 235 lb (97.8 - 106.8 kg) Light heavyweight : 195.1 - 215 lb (88.7 - 97.7 kg) Super cruiserweight : 186.1 - 195 lb (84.6 - 88.6 kg) Cruiserweight : 179.1 - 186 lb (81.5 - 84.5 kg) Light cruiserweight : 172.1 - 179 lb (78.3 - 81.4 kg) Super middleweight : 165.1 - 172 lb (75.1 - 78.2 kg) Middleweight : 159.1 - 165 lb (72.4 - 75 kg) Light middleweight : 153.1 - 159 lb (69.6 -"
"Cruiserweight (boxing) Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, ""light heavyweight"" and ""cruiserweight"" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. The current weight limit for the division is 200 pounds (14 stone 4 pounds / 90.7 kg). When originally established, the weight limit was 190 pounds (13st. 8 lbs. / 86.2 kg). The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great"
"Quintal The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units of either pounds or kilograms. It is commonly used for grain prices in wholesale markets in India, where 1 quintal = 100 kg. In British English, it referred to the hundredweight; in American English, it formerly referred to an uncommon measure of 100 kilograms. Both terms share their roots in the Classical Latin ""centenarius"", meaning ""hundredlike"", but the ""quintal"" has a convoluted etymology: It became Late Latin ""centenarium pondus"", then in succession, Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (""kentenarion"") and Arabic"
"72.3 kg) Super welterweight : 147.1 - 153 lb (66.9 - 69.5 kg) Welterweight : 142.1 - 147 lb (64.59 - 66.8 kg) Light welterweight : 137.1 - 142 lb (62.31 - 64.54 kg) Super lightweight : 132.1 - 137 lb (60.04 - 62.27 kg) Lightweight : 127.1 - 132 lb (57.77 - 60 kg) Female weight categories 54, 57, and 65 kg. The W5 ring is designed in a symbolic way. Visually it consists of a 5x5 square that sits inside a circle, where the circle represents infinity and a path of continuous self-development while the square symbolizes equality"
"Pennyweight A pennyweight (abbreviated dwt, from denarius weight) is a unit of mass that is equal to 24 grains, of a troy ounce, of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams. In the Middle Ages, a British penny's weight was literally, as well as monetarily, of an ounce and of a pound of sterling silver. At that time, the pound in use was the Tower pound, equal to 7,680 Tower grains (also known as wheat grains). The medieval English pennyweight was thus equal to 32 Tower grains. When Troy weights replaced Tower weights in 1527, the"
"Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the"
"minimum weight for a heavyweight was set at 175 pounds (12 st 7 lb, 79 kg), which today is the light heavyweight division maximum. Since 1980, for most boxing organizations, the maximum weight for a cruiserweight has been 200 pounds. Boxers who weigh 200 pounds and over (14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization. Since the 1960s, the heavyweight title has become fractured amongst various sanctioning organizations, and so what was once known as the"
"but noticeable effects in surveying in the United States which resulted in some states retaining the original definitions of the customary units of measure which are now known as the survey mile, foot, while other states adopted the international foot. The definition of units of weight above a pound differed between the customary and the imperial system - the imperial system employed the stone of 14 pounds, the hundredweight of 8 stone and the ton of 2240 pounds (20 hundredweight), while the customary system of units did not employ the stone but has a hundredweight of 100 pounds and a"
"cumin, and alum (""13½ stone, each stone containing 8 pounds"" or 108 Tower lbs.), coarse and woven linen, hemp canvas (a long hundred of 120 ells), and iron or horseshoes and shillings (a short hundred of 100 pieces). Later versions used the Troy or avoirdupois pounds in their reckonings instead and included hundreds of fresh herrings (a short hundred of 100 fish), cinnamon, nutmegs (13 st. of 8 lbs.), and garlic (""15 ropes of 15 heads"" or 225 heads). Hundred (unit) The hundred () was an English unit of measurement used in the production, sale, and taxation of various items"
"Hundred (unit) The hundred () was an English unit of measurement used in the production, sale, and taxation of various items in the medieval kingdom of England. The value was often ""not"" equal to 100 units, mostly owing to the continued medieval use of the Germanic long hundred of 120. The unit's use as a measure of weight is now described as a hundredweight. The Latin edition of the Assize of Weights and Measures, one of the statutes of uncertain date from around the year 1300, describes hundreds of (red) herring (a long hundred of 120 fish), beeswax, sugar, pepper,"
"as 100 kg (""mesures usuelles""), thus called ""metric quintal"" with symbol ""qq"". In Spain, the ""centena"" is still defined as 100 ""libras"", or about 46 kg, but the ""metric quintal"" is also defined as 100 kg; In Portugal a quintal is 128 arrátels or about 58.75 kg. The German ""Zentner"" is pound-based, and thus since metrication is defined as 50 kg, whereas the Austrian and Swiss ""Zentner"" since metrication has been re-defined as 100 kg. In Germany a measure of 100 kg is named a Doppelzentner. Common agricultural units used in the Soviet Union were the 100-kilogram centner (центнер) and"
"Super heavyweight Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding. In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the heavyweight division in professional boxing. The super heavyweight division was introduced because the general increase in the weight of top heavyweights throughout the 20th century meant that the heavyweight division became excessively broad, with the smaller men having little chance of competing effectively. Therefore, the"
"is derived from the price for a hundred nails in 15th century England: the larger the nail, the higher the cost per hundred. The pennyweight also bears no relation to the weight of the American ""penny"" (1 cent) coin, which weighs 2.5 g (for those minted after 1982). Pennyweight A pennyweight (abbreviated dwt, from denarius weight) is a unit of mass that is equal to 24 grains, of a troy ounce, of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams. In the Middle Ages, a British penny's weight was literally, as well as monetarily, of an ounce"
"fighter generally weighs between 82 kg (181 lb) and 88 kg (195 lb). However, some governing bodies have slightly different classes. For example, the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Cruiserweight (professional and amateur) division is 186.1 lbs.–195 lbs. or 84.6 kg–88.6 kg. Cruiserweight (boxing) Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, ""light heavyweight"" and ""cruiserweight"" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. The current weight limit for the division is 200 pounds (14 stone 4 pounds / 90.7 kg). When"
"tidied up a number of shortcomings in the 1825 Act. In response to representations from traders, the stone and the hundredweight were formally defined as being 14 pounds and 112 pounds respectively and the experiment of defining a ""heaped"" measure as outlined in the 1824 Act was abandoned. Not all trades followed the use of the 14 stone—Britten, in 1880 for example, catalogued a number of different values of the stone in various British towns and cities ranging from 4 lb to 26 lb The 1835 Act also restricted the use of Troy measure to precious metals and required that"
"hundredweight outside of agriculture and commodities. If disambiguation is required, then they are referred to as the smaller ""short"" units in the United States, as opposed to the larger British ""long"" units. Grains are used worldwide for measuring gunpowder and smokeless powder charges. Historically, the dram has also been used worldwide for measuring gunpowder charges, particularly for shotguns and large black-powder rifles. Avoirdupois system The avoirdupois system (; abbreviated avdp) is a measurement system of weights which uses pounds and ounces as units. It was first commonly used in the 13th century and was updated in 1959. In 1959, by"
"uses a stone of 14 lb, a long hundredweight of 112 lb and a long ton of 2240 lb. The stone is not used in the US and the hundredweights and tons are short: 100 lb and 2000 lb respectively. Where these systems most notably differ is in their units of volume. A US fluid ounce (fl oz), about 29.6 millilitres (ml), is slightly larger than the imperial fluid ounce (about 28.4 ml). However, as there are 16 US fl oz to a US pint and 20 imp fl oz per imperial pint, the imperial pint is about 20% larger."
"defined as exactly 2,240 pounds. The long ton arises from the traditional British measurement system: A long ton is 20 hundredweight (cwt), each of which is 8 stone (1 stone = 14 pounds). Thus a long ton is 20 × 8 × 14 lb = 2,240 lb. A long ton, also called the weight ton (W/T)"", imperial ton, or displacement ton,"" is equal to: It has some limited use in the United States, most commonly in measuring the displacement of ships, the volume-to-carrying-weight of fuels and in trade of baled commodities and bulk goods like elemental sulfur. The long ton"
"legalized under the name ""cental"" in response to legislative pressure from British merchants importing wheat and tobacco from the United States. The short hundredweight is commonly used in the US in the sale of livestock and some cereal grains and oilseeds, paper, and concrete additives and on some commodities in futures exchanges. A few decades ago, commodities weighed in terms of long hundredweight included cattle, cattle fodder, fertilizers, coal, some industrial chemicals, other industrial materials, and so on. However, since increasing metrication in most English-speaking countries, it is now less used. Church bell ringers use the unit commonly, although church"
"Troy ounce = 10 Tola<br> Commodity weight 20 CWT = 1 Ton avoirdupois = 40 Bushel = 160 Stones<br> 4 Stones = 1 Bushel = 56 Pound<br> 1 hundredweight (cwt) = 112 Pound = 2 Bushel + 8 Stones<br> 14 Pounds avoirdupois = 1 Stone avoirdupois<br> 16 Ounces avoirdupois = 1 Pound avoirdupois ""Conversion"" 1 Ounce avoirdupois = 28.349523 gram approx.<br> 1 Pound avoirdupois = 453.59237 gram<br> 1 Ton avoirdupois = 2240 pounds avoirdupois<br> Weight of 1 Barley corn = 64.79891 milligram<br> One Troy Ounce = 31.1034768 gram<br> 3.75 Troy ounce = 10 Tola Length In 1950s, Miles and Furlongs"
"Strawweight (MMA) The strawweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 106 and 115 lb (48 to 52 kg). It sits between the lighter atomweight division and the heavier flyweight division. Until recently, the strawweight division in mixed martial arts was not defined by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which since the inception of the Unified Rules had grouped all competitors below 125 lb (57 kg) together as flyweights. Support for the class has grown steadily since about 2013: These tables are not always up to date. Last updated on May 2018 Men: Women:"
"Strawweight (MMA) The strawweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 106 and 115 lb (48 to 52 kg). It sits between the lighter atomweight division and the heavier flyweight division. Until recently, the strawweight division in mixed martial arts was not defined by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which since the inception of the Unified Rules had grouped all competitors below 125 lb (57 kg) together as flyweights. Support for the class has grown steadily since about 2013: These tables are not always up to date. Last updated on May 2018 Men: Women:"
"to define the ""metric horsepower"" (PS) as 75 metre-kiloponds per second. In addition, kilograms force is the standard unit used for Vickers hardness testing. The tonne-force, metric ton-force, megagram-force, and megapond (Mp) are each 1000 kilograms-force. The decanewton or dekanewton (daN), exactly 10 N, is used in some fields as an approximation to the kilogram-force, because it is close to the 9.80665 N of 1 kgf. Kilogram-force The kilogram-force (kgf or kg), or kilopond (kp, from Latin ""pondus"" meaning ""weight""), is a gravitational metric unit of force. It is equal to the magnitude of the force exerted on one kilogram"
"Super cruiserweight Super Cruiserweight is a weight class in combat sports. Super cruiserweights, also called Junior Heavyweights, have been describing as being in the gray 'zone' of 190 to 210 pounds by the IBA for world title purposes. The so-called categorization has gone as high in weight in description as 210 to 250 pounds by others. There is no general consensus on the upper and lower weight limits. This division encompasses what most governing bodies consider to be heavier cruiserweight fighters, or lighter heavyweights. It was introduced because of the growing number of heavyweights who are well in excess of"