What is the meaning of Ton?

ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tongan.

Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:

  1. The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
  2. The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
  3. The metric ton of 1000 kilograms, 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.

    The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.

    The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.

    The metric ton of 1000 kilograms, 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.

    Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:

    1. The measurement ton of 40 or 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 ).
    2. The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 ).

    The measurement ton of 40 or 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 ).

    The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 ).

    Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.

    A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.

    Synonym of hundred, particularly

    1. 100 pounds sterling.
    2. 100 points.

      100 pounds sterling.

      100 points.

      100 runs.

      A speed of 100 mph.

      Fashion, the current style, the vogue.

      Fashionable society; those in style.

      Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.

      tuna

      torch

      your

      tuna

      to turn

      plural of to (toe)

      inflection of tōh:

      1. weak accusative masculine/feminine singular
      2. weak genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular
      3. weak nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural

      weak accusative masculine/feminine singular

      weak genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular

      weak nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural

      your (second-person singular possessive)

      to see

      to look

      tuna (fish)

      you (singular)

      you (singular)

      alternative form of toni (flying fish)

      Second person dual subject

      Second person plural subject

      your (singular)

      inflection of tondre:

      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

      third-person singular present indicative

      second-person singular imperative

      fur coat

      tonne, metric ton (unit of weight, equivalent to 1000 kilograms)

      barrel

      ton (1000 kilograms)

      100,000 of some monetary unit, particularly guilders

      a large amount

      genitive singular of toi

      accusative singular of toi

      your

      tone (sound of a particular frequency)

      tone

      tone (manner of speaking)

      tone, shade (of colour)

      thunder

      tuna

      tone

      there, over there

      ton (unit of weight)

      ton:

      1. tonne, metric ton: a unit of weight (mass) equal to 1000 kilograms
      2. register ton, a unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m
      3. long ton, weight ton: the avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016.0469 kg)
      4. displacement ton

      tonne, metric ton: a unit of weight (mass) equal to 1000 kilograms

      register ton, a unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m

      long ton, weight ton: the avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016.0469 kg)

      displacement ton

      a thousand rupiah

      alternative form of tona (tone)

      tone

      Rōmaji transcription of とん

      tone

      white clay used for painting walls (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

      tuna

      tone

      tone

      clipping of tono

      tonne, metric ton (one thousand kilograms)

      a tone (sound of a particular frequency)

      tone (interval)

      tone (manner of speaking (or communicating more generally))

      tone, shade (of color)

      tone (all senses)

      tonne, metric ton

      tuna

      sound

      wave, billow

      lea, unploughed land, turf

      skin, rind, crust

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