metric ton
a unit of 1000 kilograms, equivalent to 2204.62 avoirdupois pounds.
Origin of metric ton
1- Also called tonne.
Words Nearby metric ton
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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 ReviewOne 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 NewsNinety 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 ReviewIn 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.
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.
Ten hundred and sixty-seven pounds—nearly half a metric ton, more than the weight of a field piece without its carriage!
British Dictionary definitions for metric ton
another name (not in technical use) for tonne
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Scientific definitions for metric ton
A unit of mass or weight in the metric system equal to 1,000 kilograms (2,205 pounds). See Table at measurement.
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