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carats, plural;
  1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, now equivalent to 200 milligrams
    • - a half-carat diamond ring
  1. (carat) a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
  2. (carat) karat: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
  3. (Carat (board game)) Carat is an abstract tile laying German style board game designed by Dirk Henn and published in 1993 by Queen Games and db Spiele. In 2004, after the success of Alhambra, Queen Games released an updated version of the game with an Arabian theme called Die Gärten der Alhambra.
  4. (Carat (purity)) The carat (abbreviation ct or kt) is a measure of the purity of gold alloys. In the United States and Canada, the spelling karat is used.
  5. (Carat (unit)) The carat is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg (0.007055 oz), and it is used for measuring gemstones and pearls.
  6. The carat weight refers to the mass of the diamond. One carat equals 200 mg. The price per carat is determined by carat weight, and the price increases exponentially the larger the diamond becomes.
  7. (Carat) A unit of weight measurement for precious stones (not to be confused with "Karat", a term used to denote gold purity).
  8. (Carat) The unit of measure of weight of diamonds and gemstones. One carat is equivalent to 200 milligrams. One carat can also be divided into 100 "points." A .75-carat stone is the same as a 75-point or 3/4-carat stone. ...
  9. (Carat) The standard unit of gemstone weight equal to 0.2 gr.  Comprised of 100 points.
  10. (Carat) This is the unit of measure of the weight of a diamond. A carat is 0.20 grams and it is thought that the name comes from the carob seed, because right up to the beginning of the 20th century, given their amazingly uniform weight, carob seeds were used as counterweights on the scales when ...
  11. (Carat) Unit of weight for gemstones with 100 points to a carat, with one carat equaling one-fifth of a gram.
  12. (carat) a unit of weight: 1/5th of a gram. The name comes from the seed of the carob tree, which was used as a weight due to its seeds' remarkable uniformity.
  13. (Carat) The unit of weight used for precious stones. One carat equals one-fifth of a gram. Also a measurement of fitness in gold. Pure gold is expressed as 24kt.
  14. (Carat) UOM. The unit of weight by which diamonds are reckoned. One carat = 0.2 grams. The word 'carat' originated in the carob tree (ceratonia siliqua). ...
  15. (CARAT) A unit of weight denoting the size of both uncut and cut gemstones. There should be 100 points to a carat (ct.). ...
  16. (CARAT) Cargo Agents Reservation Air Waybill Issuance and Tracking.
  17. (CARAT) Derived from the word for “carob” in various languages, it was originally equivalent to the weight of the seed of the carob tree. It has two meanings in modern usage:
  18. (Carat (Measures)) A reasonable unit to use for weighing vegetables should be the carat.
  19. (Carat) (Yoshitomo Watanabe) (from Comic Blade Zebel)
  20. (Carat) (n) The term "Carat", "Karat" or "k" is used to indicate the amount of pure (24k) gold in the alloy. Lower Carat ratings indicate proportionally less pure gold.
  21. (Carat) This is often abbreviated as “ct” and has two separate meanings:
  22. (Carat) Unit for measuring the weight of gemstones or the fineness of gold Cabochon - Unfaceted domed cut with slightly convex or flat base used for heavily flawed stones or opaque stones such as opal and turquoise.
  23. (Carat) Unit of weight used in measuring gemstones; metric carat = 200mg; traditional method of describing the fineness of gold; 24 carat = fine [100% gold], 18 carat = 18 parts in 24 = 18/24 [75% gold]; derived from carob; the dried carob beans was considered a constant and used as an early ...
  24. (Carat) Weight dimension for gemstones. Equals 0.2 gram. For the visual size of a stone of a stone you have also to look at the dimensions and shape. A round and deep two carater might actually look smaller than a princess cut one carat stone. Important for jewelry is the "face" of a stone. ...
  25. (Carat) is abbreviated c. or ct. When the abbreviation ct TW is used, it refers to the total weight of multiple diamonds in a single piece of jewelry. Many people mistakenly believe that a carat refers to the size of the gemstone when in fact it is a measurement of its weight. ...