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| has gloss | eng: In the United Kingdom, the ton is a unit of measure which, when it ceased to be legal for trade in 1985, was defined in British legislation as being a weight or mass equal to (avoirdupois pounds). In the United States and Canada , however, a ton is defined to be . To avoid confusion, the former is more specifically referred to as a "long ton" and the the latter, a "short ton"; neither should be confused with the metric tonne, which is . While they do vary, a ton is generally one of the heaviest units of weight or mass referred to in colloquial speech. The term ton is less frequently used to refer to a unit of volume. |
| lexicalization | eng: ton |
| instance of | (noun) the quotient of two rational numbers fraction |
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| Arabic | |
| has gloss | ara: كيلوطن هي وحدة قيس وزن تعادل 1000 طن. |
| lexicalization | ara: كيلوطن |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: Il ton è un'unità di misura anglosassone, non impiegata dal Sistema internazionale di unità di misura, di massa, volume o forza. |
| lexicalization | ita: ton |
| Malay (macrolanguage) | |
| has gloss | msa: Tan ialah unit jisim, daya, isi padu, tenaga, dan kuasa. |
| lexicalization | msa: tan |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | |
| has gloss | nno: Megagram er ei SI-avleia eining for måling av masse. Symbolet for megagram er Mg. Eitt megagram er lik éin million gram, som er lik tusen kilogram, som er lik eitt tonn. |
| lexicalization | nno: megagram |
| Norwegian | |
| has gloss | nor: Megagram er en SI-enhet for måling av masse. Symbolet for megagram er Mg. Et megagram er lik en million gram, som er lik tusen kilogram, som er lik et tonn. |
| lexicalization | nor: megagram |
| Vietnamese | |
| has gloss | vie: Trong khoa đo lường, tấn là đơn vị đo khối lượng thuộc hệ đo lường cổ Việt Nam, hiện nay tương đương với 1000 kilôgam, tức là một mêgagam, được sử dụng trong giao dịch thương mại ở Việt Nam. |
| lexicalization | vie: tấn |
| Yue Chinese | |
| has gloss | yue: 噸(ton)係英制嘅質量單位,使用嘅地區主要係英國、美國同前英國殖民地國家。 |
| lexicalization | yue: 噸 |
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