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tonne

 (tŭn)
n.
A metric ton.

[French, from Old French, tun, from Late Latin tunna, probably of Celtic origin.]
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tonne

(tʌn)
n
(Units) a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds. Also called (not in technical use): metric ton
[from French]
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met′ric ton′


n.
a unit of 1000 kilograms, equivalent to 2204.62 avoirdupois pounds.
Also called tonne.
[1920–25]
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tonne

(t) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kg. Also called a metric ton.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tonne - a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilogramstonne - a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
quintal - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
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Translations
tonni
tona
ton

tonne

[tʌn] Ntonelada f (métrica) (1.000kg)
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tonne

[ˈtʌn] n (British) (metric ton)tonne f
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tonne

nTonne f
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tonne

[tʌn] n (Brit) (metric ton) → tonnellata
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The AUP of palm oil also declined to $611 per tonne from $745 per tonne.
The average per tonne price of sugar stood at $345.8 in FY18 as against $523 per tonne in FY17.
Of the forage crops, the total area of alfalfa cultivation amounted to 23,765 acres, with a total production of 378,510 tonnes while the total area of Rhodes grass cultivation reached 86,403 acres, with a production of 1,176,810 tonnes.
In the Governorate of South A'Sharqiyah, the fish catch by traditional fisheries stood at 8,747 tonnes in January 2018.
The sources said total availability of DAP during Kharif 2014 was 1,023,000 tonnes, comprising 99,000 tonnes of inventory, 524,000 tonnes of imported supplies and 400,000 tonnes of local production.
Solihull to Birmingham By car: 1.1 tonnes (81 party balloons) By train: 0.3 tonnes (18 party balloons)
The EU imported 184.8 million tonnes of coal from third countries, a rise of 21.6 million tonnes since 2000.
The ministry said that the top five importing countries for Omani fish are the United Arab Emirates (53,000 tonnes), Thailand (44,000 tonnes), Saudi Arabia (24,000 tonnes), Brazil (23,000 tonnes) and Bangladesh (15,000 tonnes).
The total despatches were 19.557m tonnes in the period July to December, down from 19.836m tonnes in the same period last year.
KARACHI -- Total oil sales in July fell by 30 per cent year-on-year to 1.6 million tonnes owing mainly to the decline in usage of furnace oil by power sector, according to the monthly sales report released by the Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC).