meanings and uses. As a unit of mass, ton can mean: the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kilograms) the short ton, which is 2,000 pounds (907.2 kilograms)...
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-ton, TON, ton, kilotons, or measurement ton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ton is a unit of mass, force, volume, energy or power. Ton or TON may...
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The long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, is a measurement unit equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kg). It is the name for the unit...
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Ton-Ton Macoute! is the 1970 debut solo album of American blues musician Johnny Jenkins. Jenkins had previously led The Pinetoppers, a band which at one...
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Look up tons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tons may refer to: Tons River, a significant river in India Tamsa River, locally known as Tons in its...
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simply as a ton; however, the term is ambiguous, the single word "ton" being variously used for short, long, and metric tons. The various tons are defined...
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A ton-force is one of various units of force defined as the weight of one ton due to standard gravity. The precise definition depends on the definition...
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TON 618 (abbreviation of Tonantzintla 618) is a hyperluminous, broad-absorption-line, radio-loud quasar and Lyman-alpha blob located near the border of...
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Tonne (redirect from Metric ton)
metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary units) and the long ton (British...
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Tôn Thất (or Tôn Nữ for female) is a two-character Vietnamese compound surname, originating from the Nguyễn dynasty. It is the surname for members of the...
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The Open Network (redirect from TON Foundation)
Network, both abb. as TON) is a decentralized computer network consisting of a layer-1 blockchain with various components. TON was originally developed...
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Originally used in the context of upper class English society, ton meant the state of being fashionable, a fashionable manner or style, or something for...
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Dodge WC series (redirect from ½-ton 4 x 4 truck)
during World War II. Together with the 1⁄4-ton jeeps produced by Willys and Ford, the Dodge 1⁄2‑ton G-505 and 3⁄4‑ton G-502 trucks made up nearly all of the...
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Trots op Nederland (redirect from ToN)
Trots op Nederland (TON, short: Trots; English: "Proud of the Netherlands") is a political party in the Netherlands. It was founded by Rita Verdonk, an...
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A ton of refrigeration (TR or TOR), also called a refrigeration ton (RT), is a unit of power used in some countries (especially in North America) to describe...
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Bon Ton may refer to: Ton (le bon ton), a term used to refer to Britain's high society in the early 19th century Bon Ton (brothel), a brothel chain in...
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A shipping ton, freight ton, measurement ton or ocean ton is a measure of volume used for shipments of freight in large vehicles, trains or ships. In the...
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Tôn (孫) (Anglicised as Ton) is a Vietnamese surname. It is transliterated as Sun in Chinese and Son in Korean. Tôn Đức Thắng (1888–1980), first President...
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and group founded in 1898. The former York, Pennsylvania-based company BonTon filed for bankruptcy in February 2018 and sold the name to CSC Generation...
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Gross register tonnage (redirect from Gross register ton)
registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 m3). Replaced by Gross Tonnage...
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Ratonhnhaké:ton (IPA: [radũnhaɡɛ̌ːdõ]), commonly known by his adopted name Connor, is a fictional character in the video game series Assassin's Creed...
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The cubic ton is a measure of volume. It is considered obsolete in the United Kingdom and is now used primarily in the United States. A mass-derived unit...
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Ton Satomi (里見 弴, Satomi Ton, July 14, 1888 - January 21, 1983) is the pen-name of Japanese author Hideo Yamanouchi (山内英夫, Yamanouchi Hideo). Satomi was...
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Tonton Macoute (redirect from Ton Ton Macoute)
Cambronne did this through his company "Hemocaribian"; he shipped five tons of plasma per month to US Labs. He also sold cadavers to medical schools...
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The Ton is a 1788 comedy play by the Scottish writer Eglantine Wallace. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 8 April 1788. The...
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Hoan Ton-That (Vietnamese: Tôn Thất Hoàn) is an Australian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Clearview AI, a United States-based...
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Builder's Old Measurement (redirect from 95th ton)
maximum beam. It is expressed in "tons burden" (Early Modern English: burthen, Middle English: byrthen), and abbreviated "tons bm". The formula is: Tonnage...
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Ton Roosendaal (Dutch: [tɔn ˈroːzənˌdaːl]; born 20 March 1960) is a Dutch software developer and film producer. He is the original creator of the open-source...
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Tôň (pronunciation: [tuoɲ], Hungarian: Tany, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈtɒɲ]) is a village and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region...
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Deadweight tonnage (redirect from Deadweight ton)
(also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry. It is...
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