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displacement ton

displacement ton noun: 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.

Noun

displacement ton (plural displacement tons)

  1. 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.

Forms of displacement ton

pluraldisplacement tons

Questions about displacement ton

What does displacement ton mean?
Displacement ton means 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.
What part of speech is displacement ton?
Displacement ton is a noun.
What is the plural of displacement ton?
The plural of displacement ton is displacement tons.

Words near displacement ton in the dictionary

  1. displacement current
  2. displacement currents
  3. displacement mapping
  4. displacement speed
  5. displacement speeds
  6. displacement ton
  7. displacement tons
  8. displacements
  9. displacencies
  10. displacency
  11. displacer

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