long ton

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long ton

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

noun long tons

historical A traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.
Similar: ton[Appendix:Glossary, tun

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noun ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each

日本語	英トン eiton
中文	長噸 /长吨 chángdūn

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@misc{long_ton_2026,
  title = {long ton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/long%20ton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}