short ton

English

Noun

short ton (plural short tons)

1. A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms.

Translations

USCS ton

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 英噸／英吨 (zh) (yīngdūn)

• French: tonne courte (fr) f
• Hungarian: amerikai tonna
• Icelandic: bandarískt tonn f
• Japanese: 米トン (ja) (べいトン, Bei-ton)
• Swedish: engelskt kort ton n

See also

• long ton
• measurement ton
• metric ton
• register ton