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Noun
metric ton (plural metric tons)

1. A tonne, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms.

Usage notes
Often used to avoid confusion between the tonne and the (long) ton, which are almost equal (about 2204.6 pounds and exactly 2240 pounds respectively).

Translations

Arabic: طن متري
Finnish: tonni
Italian: tonnellata f
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French: tonne f
Swedish: ton#Swedish|ton

fr:metric ton

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