TON

Ton

Tôn is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Sun in Chinese and Son in Korean.

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ton

Noun

  1. A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
  2. A unit of volume; register ton.
  3. In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
  4. A large amount.
    I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  5. A speed of 100 mph.
  6. One hundred pounds sterling.
  7. One hundred runs.
  8. One hundred points.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
  2. Fashionable society; those in style.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. The common tunny, or house mackerel.


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