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tara
The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
What is the neat weight of 4 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 10cwt. 3qrs. 10lb. gross; — tare 100lb. per hdd.?
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tarar
To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
Without question, I think, the exploit of "Jubilee" No. 45737 Atlas [...] was the finest [...], for the train was made up to eleven bogies taring the maximum of 350 tons for an eng…
he is […] to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty.
tarar
To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63, Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.
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