crith Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure)

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Crith noun
Etymology
Gr. a barleycorn, a small weight.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) The unit for estimating the weight of ariform substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0 centigrade, and with a tension of 76 centimeters of mercury. It is 0.0896 of a gram, or 1.38274 grains.

Webster 1913