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单词 metage
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Definition of metage in English:

metage

noun ˈmiːtɪdʒˈmedij
mass nounhistorical
  • 1The duty paid for the official weighing of loads of coal, grain, or other material.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • About 1,200,000 chaldrons are consumed in Middlesex and Surrey; of this quantity, at least two-thirds are for domestic purposes, and pays 6 d. per chaldron land metage, making the enormous amount of 20,000 l. annually.
    • In analogy with the load and the metage in hydrodynamics, we define magnetohydrodynamic load and magnetohydrodynamic metage in the case of magnetofluids.
    1. 1.1 The official weighing of loads of coal, grain, or other material.

Origin

Early 16th century: from mete1 + -age.

 
 

Definition of metage in US English:

metage

nounˈmedij
historical
  • 1The duty paid for the official weighing of loads of coal, grain, or other material.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • About 1,200,000 chaldrons are consumed in Middlesex and Surrey; of this quantity, at least two-thirds are for domestic purposes, and pays 6 d. per chaldron land metage, making the enormous amount of 20,000 l. annually.
    • In analogy with the load and the metage in hydrodynamics, we define magnetohydrodynamic load and magnetohydrodynamic metage in the case of magnetofluids.
    1. 1.1 The official weighing of loads of coal, grain, or other material.

Origin

Early 16th century: from mete + -age.

 
 
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