long ton

English

Etymology

Distinguishing this measure from the "short ton" of 2000 pounds.

Noun

long ton (plural long tons)

1. (chiefly historical) A traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.

Synonyms

• tun (obsolete), ton (some contexts)

Translations

ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長噸／长吨 (zh) (chángdūn)

• Dutch: Engelse ton f
• Finnish: pitkä tonni
• Hungarian: angol tonna
• Japanese: 英トン (ja) (えいトン, eiton)
• Swedish: engelskt ton n

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