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Meanings of carat or karat:
In the gem business:
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- Carat (mass) is a unit of mass for gems. It is equal to 0.2 gram.
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- Carat (purity) or karat is a unit of purity for gold. In the United States, karat almost exclusively means the unit of purity. 24k is pure gold, 18k is 18 parts gold and 6 parts other metals (usually silver or copper), and 14k is 14 parts gold to 10 parts other metals. 10k is the minimum that can be sold as gold in the U.S. [1]
In entertainment:
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- Carat (board game) is an abstract tile laying German style board game designed by Dirk Henn.
- Karat is the name of a rock band from the former East Germany, which is now named K...!.
Other:
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- Prakash Karat (pronounced cur aht) is the surname of a General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- Karat (fruit) is a variety of banana found in the Pacific Islands.
- Karat (airline) is an airline in Russia.
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