displacement tons

A form of displacement ton — A unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater, used in reckoning the displacement of ships, and equal to 35 U.S. or Imperial cubic feet.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of displacement ton
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