Meanings
nounlong ton (plural long tons)
plural long tons
- historicalA traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.
Synonyms: ton[Appendix:Glossary, tun
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.
Similar
ton[Appendix:Glossarytun
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Origin
Distinguishing this measure from the "short ton" of 2000 pounds.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 長噸 /长吨
- 長噸 /长吨 (chángdūn)ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each
Dutch Engelse ton
- Engelse tonton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each
Finnish pitkä tonni
- pitkä tonniton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each
Hungarian angol tonna
- angol tonnaton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each
Japanese 英トン
- 英トン (eiton)ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each
Swedish engelskt ton
- engelskt tonton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each
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APA
long ton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20ton
MLA
“long ton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20ton. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long ton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20ton.
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