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karat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun karat has 1 sense
- karat(n = noun.quantity) carat, kt - the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold; Array is a kind of unit, unit of measurement
CIDE DICTIONARY
karat, n.
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75 2.122e-314old; 24-karat gold is pure gold. [WordNet 1.5]
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