displacement ton
displacement ton · displacement tons
A unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater, used in…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Forms
plural: displacement tons| Singular | displacement ton |
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