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Pronunciation / Transliteration: krit
"Das Krith war eine historische Maßeinheit für Gase."
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A historical unit of mass in the metric system, equal to the weight of one litre of hydrogen gas under standard conditions.
"Early chemists used the crith to calculate relative densities and atomic weights of various gases."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word 'krithe', meaning barleycorn, used historically in chemistry and physics. Coined in the late 19th century by A.W. Hofmann as a unit of mass for gases, specifically equivalent to the weight of one litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure.
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crith
Transliteration: krit
"Le crith est une ancienne unité de masse pour les gaz."
Krith
Transliteration: krit
"Das Krith war eine historische Maßeinheit für Gase."
crit
Transliteration: krit
"Il crit è una vecchia unità di misura per i gas."
crit
Transliteration: krit
"El crit es una unidad histórica de masa para gases."
crith
Transliteration: krit
"O crith é uma unidade antiga de massa gasosa."
क्रित
Transliteration: krit
"क्रित गैसों के द्रव्यमान की एक ऐतिहासिक इकाई है।"
克里特
Transliteration: kè lǐ tè
"克里特是历史上衡量气体质量的单位。"
크리스
Transliteration: keuriseu
"크리스는 기체의 질량을 나타내는 역사적 단위였다."
クリス
Transliteration: kurisu
"クリスは気体の質量の歴史的な単位である。"
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