LONGTON

Long ton

Long ton is the name for the unit called the "ton" in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements that was used in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries before metrication. One long ton is equal to, 12% larger than a short ton and 1.6% larger than the tonne, or of salt water with a density of . It has some limited use in the United States, most commonly in measuring the displacement of ships, and was the unit prescribed for warships by the Washington Naval Treaty 1922—for example battleships were limited to a mass of .

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long ton

Noun

  1. The Avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds.


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