Back Karaat AF قيراط (وحدة كتلة) Arabic قيراط (وحدة كتلة) ARZ Quilate AST Karat (ölçü vahidi) AZ قیراط(اؤلچو بیریمی) AZB Metrisches Karat BAR Карат (маса) Bulgarian ক্যারেট Bengali/Bangla Karat BS
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| Symbol | ct |
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| milligrams | 200 |
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| ounces | 0.00705 |
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The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg (0.00705 oz; 0.00643 ozt), 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,[1][2] and soon afterwards in many countries around the world.[i] 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).[3]
The ANSI X.12 EDI standard abbreviation for the carat is CD.[4]
- ^ Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1908. p. 144. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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- ^ "ANSI Units of Measure" (PDF). das.ct.gov. Dept. of Admin. Services, State of Connecticut. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2012.
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