Definition

Noun: - A unit of mass in the metric system equal to ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. Historically, it was one ten-thousandth of a centner (a now-obsolete unit of weight).

Usage

• The word "myriagram" is a technical, historical term for a metric unit of mass. It is rarely used in modern contexts, having been largely replaced by the term "10 kilograms" or the unit "quintal" in some systems.
• It functions as a countable noun (e.g., , ).

Examples

• In the 19th-century ledger, the grain shipment was recorded as weighing fifty myriagrams.
• The old scientific text defined a centner as equal to 100 myriagrams.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily found in historical documents, older scientific literature, or discussions about the evolution of the metric system.
• "Myria-" is a decimal metric prefix from Greek meaning "ten thousand," but it is no longer an official SI prefix.

Variants and Related Words

• Myriagramme: An alternative, chiefly British, spelling.
• Myria-: The obsolete metric prefix denoting a factor of 10⁴ (ten thousand).
• Quintal: A unit of mass equal to 100 kilograms (or 10 myriagrams in the historical sense).

Synonyms

• Ten kilograms
• 10 kg

Notes on Meaning

• The reference to "one ten thousandth of a centner" defines it within a specific, obsolete system where a was 100 kilograms. Therefore: 1 centner = 100 kg = 10 myriagrams, making 1 myriagram = 10 kg = 0.01 centner. The definition provided states the inverse relationship.

Noun

1. one ten thousandth of a centner