Word.ws English Dictionary

metre-tonne-second

metre-tonne-second noun: a system of units formerly used as a national standard internationally, especially for France and the Soviet Union.

Noun

metre-tonne-second (uncountable)

  1. A system of units formerly used as a national standard internationally, especially for France and the Soviet Union.
    Synonyms:
    MTS

Synonyms of metre-tonne-second

Forms of metre-tonne-second

alternative formmeter-tonne-second
alternative formmetre-ton-second
alternative formmeter-ton-second

Origin of metre-tonne-second

From metre + tonne + second. From the base units of this version of the metric system.

Words formed from metre-tonne-second

Questions about metre-tonne-second

What does metre-tonne-second mean?
Metre-tonne-second means a system of units formerly used as a national standard internationally, especially for France and the Soviet Union.
What part of speech is metre-tonne-second?
Metre-tonne-second is a noun.

Words near metre-tonne-second in the dictionary

  1. metre sticks
  2. metre-gauge
  3. metre-kilogram-second
  4. metre-kilogramme-second
  5. metre-ton-second
  6. metre-tonne-second
  7. metreage
  8. metrectomies
  9. metrectomy
  10. metred
  11. metreleptin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: metre-tonne-second (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “metre-tonne-second.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/metre-tonne-second. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.