What does carat mean?

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ˈkær ətcarat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. caratnoun

    a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg

  2. karat, carat, ktnoun

    the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold

Wiktionary

  1. caratnoun

    A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.

  2. caratnoun

    Formerly, any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.

  3. caratnoun

    A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

  4. Etymology: carat, from carato, from قيراط, from κεράτιον, diminutive form of κέρας.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Carat, Caractnoun

    Etymology: carat, Fr.

    A mark, being an ounce Troy, is divided into twenty-four equal parts, called caracts, and each caract into four grains; by this weight is distinguished the different fineness of their gold; for, if to the finest of gold be put two caracts of alloy, both making, when cold, but an ounce, or twenty-four caracts, then this gold is said to be twenty-two caracts fine. Edward Cocker.

    Thou best of gold, art worst of gold;
    Other, less fine in carat, is more precious. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

ChatGPT

  1. carat

    A carat is a unit of weight used for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams. It's also used in some regions to define the purity of gold, in which 24 carats signifies 99.9% pure gold. The term originates from the carob seeds that were historically used to balance scales in oriental bazaars.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Caratnoun

    the weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed

  2. Caratnoun

    a twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold

  3. Etymology: [F. carat (cf. It. carato, OPg. quirate, Pg. & Sp. quilate), Ar. qrt bean or pea shell, a weight of four grains, a carat, fr. Gr. kera`tion a little horn, the fruit of the carob tree, a weight, a carat. See Horn.]

Wikidata

  1. Carat

    The carat is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg and is used for measuring gemstones and pearls. The current definition, sometimes known as the metric carat, was adopted in 1907 at the Fourth General Conference on Weights and Measures, and soon afterward in many countries around the world. The carat is divisible into one hundred points of two milligrams each. Other subdivisions, and slightly different mass values, have been used in the past in different locations. In terms of diamonds, a paragon is a flawless stone of at least 100 carat. The ANSI X.12 EDI standard abbreviation for the carat is CD.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Carat

    kar′at, n. a weight of 4 grains: a proportional measure of 124 in stating the fineness of gold. [Fr.,—Ar. qīrāt, perh. from Gr. keration, a seed or bean used as a weight.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carat in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of carat in a Sentence

  1. David Bennett:

    We're estimating between $28-38 million, there have been a couple ... of stones that have sold for around $2 million per carat or a little more historically so it seems to be perfectly correctly estimated ... We will see.

  2. Butler:

    All wit and fancy, like a diamond, The more exact and curious ?tis ground, Is forced for every carat to abate As much of value as it wants in weight.

  3. Gary Schuler:

    The 100.20 carat diamond is the definition of perfection, the color is whiter than white, it is free of any internal perfections, and so transparent that I can only compare it to a pool of water.

  4. S. S. Biddle:

    The first thing a girl hopes for from the garden of love is at least one carat.

  5. Christy Brinkley:

    I’ve always found him smarmy, as in, ‘Watch out, part the waves, the rich people are coming, everything is gold, solid 24-carat gold, the best, the greatest, nobody else has more gold on anything in their house than me. Did you bring a brush? Let’s gold-leaf it!’.

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