carat

English Thesaurus

1. the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	unit, unit of measurement,
definition	:	any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange (noun.quantity)

2. a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	metric weight unit, weight unit,
definition	:	a decimal unit of weight based on the gram (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	decigram, dg,
definition	:	1/10 gram (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	g, gm, gram, gramme,
definition	:	a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram (noun.quantity)