long ton

English

Etymology

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

Noun

long ton (plural long tons)

(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: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pitkä tonni
Hungarian: angol tonna
Japanese: 英トン (ja) (えいトン, eiton)
Swedish: engelskt ton n

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