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tael
(encz) | tael, n: |
Tael
(gcide) | Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[i^]l, a certain weight, probably fr.
Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.]
[1913 Webster] Taen |
tael
(wn) | tael
n 1: a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to
1.3 ounces |
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Haikwan tael
(gcide) | Haikwan tael \Haikwan tael\
A Chinese weight (1/10 catty) equivalent to 11/3 oz. or
37.801 g.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Tael
(gcide) | Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[i^]l, a certain weight, probably fr.
Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.]
[1913 Webster] Taen |
Volta-electric
(gcide) | Volta-electric \Vol"ta-e*lec"tric\, a.
Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism.
[1913 Webster] |
Volta-electrometer
(gcide) | Volta-electrometer \Vol`ta-e`lec*trom"e*ter\, n.
An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.
[1913 Webster] |
madame de stael
(wn) | Madame de Stael
n 1: French romantic writer (1766-1817) [syn: Stael, {Madame
de Stael}, {Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-
Holstein}] |
stael
(wn) | Stael
n 1: French romantic writer (1766-1817) [syn: Stael, {Madame
de Stael}, {Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-
Holstein}] |
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