displacement ton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater, used in reckoning the displacement of ships, and equal to 35 U.S. or Imperial cubic feet.

Word forms

displacement ton displacement tons
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