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displacement ton

American

noun

Nautical.

a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kilograms) or 35 cubic feet (1 cubic meter) of seawater.

displacement ton British

noun

the full name for ton 1

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