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Gerah (Biblical Hebrew)

The gerah was the smallest unit of weight in ancient Biblical Hebrew measurement systems. It is traditionally considered 1/20 of a shekel.

Since a shekel weighed about 11 grams, a gerah would weigh roughly 0.55 grams. The gerah was used to measure small amounts of precious metals like silver and gold, important in commerce and religious rituals.

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  1 gerah = 1/20 shekel ≈ 0.55 grams

  
  
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  Smallest Biblical Hebrew weight unit

  
  
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  Used for precise measurement of metals and offerings

  
  

Centigram [cg]

The centigram is a metric unit of mass equal to one-hundredth of a gram.

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  1 centigram = 0.01 grams

  
  
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  1 centigram = 10⁻⁵ kilograms

  
  
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  Symbol: cg

  
  

Key Facts:

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  Used for measuring very small masses, especially in scientific and pharmaceutical fields

  
  
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  The prefix "centi-" means $10^{-2}$ (one-hundredth)

  
  
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  Smaller than a decigram but larger than a milligram

  
  

The centigram provides precise measurement for small quantities where decigrams are too large.