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noun

a unit of 1000 kilograms, equivalent to 2204.62 avoirdupois pounds.

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Also called tonne.

Origin of metric ton

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby metric ton

metric madness, metric martyr, metrics, metric space, metric system, metric ton, metric topology, metridium, metrification, metrifonate, metrify

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How to use metric ton in a sentence

A pair of companies have begun designing what could become Europe’s largest direct-air-capture plant, capable of capturing as much as a million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year and burying it deep beneath the floor of the North Sea.
What it will take to achieve affordable carbon removal|James Temple|June 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
One site, Casa Cenote, stored as much as 2,792 metric tons per hectare.
Mangrove forests on the Yucatan Peninsula store record amounts of carbon|Carolyn Gramling|May 7, 2021|Science News
Ninety percent of India’s oxygen supply—7,500 metric tons daily—is being directed to covid patients.
How Indians are crowdsourcing aid as covid surges|Varsha Bansal|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
In 2018, Carbon Engineering showed they could pull CO2 from the atmosphere for between $94 and $232 per metric ton, but that’s still a long way from being a commercially viable source of carbon.
Elon Musk’s $100 Million Carbon Capture Push|Edd Gent|February 1, 2021|Singularity Hub

It looks like we’re on track to put about 10,000 miles a year on this truck, which adds up to approximately six metric tons of carbon emissions, according to the calculator at Carbon Footprint.
Inside My Custom Toyota Land Cruiser Build|Wes Siler|October 15, 2020|Outside Online
Ten hundred and sixty-seven pounds—nearly half a metric ton, more than the weight of a field piece without its carriage!
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887|Various

British Dictionary definitions for metric ton

metric ton

noun

another name (not in technical use) for tonne

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Scientific definitions for metric ton

metric ton

A unit of mass or weight in the metric system equal to 1,000 kilograms (2,205 pounds). See Table at measurement.