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Carat (other)
Carat may refer to: * Carat (mass), a unit of mass for gemstones and pearls * Carat, or Karat, a fractional measure of purity for gold alloys * Carat (board game) * "Carat", a 2007 music single by Sifow * Carat (Centrale d'Achats Radio, Affichage, Télévision), now the Dentsu International communications company * Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training, a naval exercise * Volkswagen Carat, a car model * AMS-Flight Carat, a motorglider design * Carat, the fan club of South Korean boy band Seventeen (South Korean group), Seventeen * Puchi Carat, 1997 video game * Gorgeous Carat, yaoi manga series * Eight Carat, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse * 25 Carat, 2008 Spanish horror film See also * * Carrot, a vegetable * Caret, a typographic mark * Kareth, a form of punishment by exile {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carat (mass)
The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to , which 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 afterwards in many countries around the world. The carat is divisible into 100 ''points'' of 2 mg. 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 carats (20 g). The ANSI X.12 EDI standard abbreviation for the carat is CD. Etymology First attested in English in the mid-15th century, the word ''carat'' comes from Italian ''carato'', which comes from Arabic (''qīrāṭ''; قيراط), in turn borrowed from Greek ''kerátion'' κεράτιον ' carob seed', a diminutive of ''keras'' 'horn'. It was a unit of weight, equal to 1/1728 (1/12) of a pound (see Mina (unit)). History Carob seeds have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
