Ton vs. Tonne
Tonnoun
A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
Tonnoun
A unit of volume; register ton.
Tonnoun
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
Tonnoun
A large amount.
Tonnoun
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
Tonnoun
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
Tonnoun
(cricket) One hundred runs.
Tonnoun
(darts) One hundred points.
Tonnoun
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
Tonnoun
Fashionable society; those in style.
Ton
pl. of Toe.
Tonnoun
The common tunny, or horse mackerel.
Tonnoun
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
Tonnoun
A measure of weight or quantity.
Tonnoun
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Tonnoun
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
Tonnoun
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Tonnoun
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
Tonnoun
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
Ton
The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years.
Tonnenoun
A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t
Tonnenoun
A score of 100.
Tonnenoun
A tun.
Tonnenoun
A metric ton.
Tonnenoun
a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
Tonne
The tonne ( (listen) or ; symbol: t) is a metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is commonly referred to as a metric ton in the United States.
