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Definition: crith
crith
n : the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 Centigrade and 760
millimeters pressure)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Crith
Crith
\Crith\ (kr[i^]th), n. [Gr. kriqh` a barleycorn, a small
weight.] (Chem.)
The unit for estimating the weight of a[eum]riform
substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0[deg]
centigrade, and with a tension of 76 centimeters of mercury.
It is 0.0896 of a gram, or 1.38274 grains.
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