displacement ton

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.

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British Dictionary definitions for displacement ton

displacement ton

noun

the full name for ton 1 (def. 6)
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