long ton

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Etymology

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

Noun

long ton (plural long tons)

  2. (chiefly historical) A traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.
    Synonyms: ton (elliptically synonymous in some times and places), tun (obsolete)
    Hypernym: ton
    Coordinate terms: short ton, metric ton, tonne, measurement ton, register ton

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