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metric ton

noun metric tons

US A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois. One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.
Similar: tonne, ton, megagram, mul:Mg, millier

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noun unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms

Español	tonelada métrica, tonelada, salma
日本語	メトリックトン, グラムトン, トン, 屯
中文	公噸 /公吨 gōngdūn or gōngdùn, 噸 /吨 dūn, dùn
Português	tonelada métrica, tonelada
Français	tonne
Deutsch	Tonne
Italiano	tonnellata
Ελληνικά	τόνος tónos
Русский	метри́ческая то́нна metríčeskaja tónna, то́нна tónna
Tiếng Việt	tấn
العربية	طُنّ مِتْرِيّ ṭunn mitriyy
עברית	טון ton

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@misc{metric_ton_2026,
  title = {metric ton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metric%20ton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}