| slovo | definícia |
ton
(mass) | TON
- Tonga |
ton
(msasasci) | ton
- tone |
ton
(encz) | ton,tisíc n: jose |
ton
(encz) | ton,tuna n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ton
(gcide) | Ton \Ton\ (t[u^]n), n. [OE. tonne, tunne, a tun, AS. tunne a
tun, tub, a large vessel; akin to G. & F. tonne a ton, tun,
LL. tunna a tun; all perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. &
Gael. tunna a tun. Cf. Tun,Tunnel.] (Com.)
A measure of weight or quantity. Specifically:
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(a) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
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Note: In England, the ton is 2,240 pounds. In the United
States the ton is commonly estimated at 2,000 pounds,
this being sometimes called the short ton, while that
of 2,240 pounds is called the long ton.
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(b) (Naut. & Com.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit
of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a
vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden. See the Note
under Tonnage.
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(c) (Naut. & Com.) A certain weight or quantity of
merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight;
as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven
hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten
bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of
flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of
hewn, timber, etc.
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Note: Ton and tun have the same etymology, and were formerly
used interchangeably; but now ton generally designates
the weight, and tun the cask. See Tun.
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Ton
(gcide) | Ton \Ton\ (t[o^]n), obs.
pl. of Toe. --Chaucer.
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Ton
(gcide) | Ton \Ton\ (t[u^]n), n. [Cf. Tunny.] (Zool.)
The common tunny, or horse mackerel.
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Ton
(gcide) | Ton \Ton\ (t[^o]n), n. [F. See Tone.]
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
--Byron.
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If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show
they are selfish. --Thackeray.
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Bon ton. See in the Vocabulary.
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ton
(wn) | ton
n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
[syn: short ton, ton, net ton]
2: a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds [syn:
long ton, ton, gross ton] |
TON
(bouvier) | TON. Twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being one hundred and twelve
pounds avoirdupois. See act of congress of Aug. 30, 1842, c. 270, s. 20.
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automaton
(mass) | automaton
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(mass) | Breton
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(mass) | gluttonize
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(mass) | tone
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tonight
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(mass) | wantonness
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stonožka
(msas) | stonožka
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(msas) | Tonga
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tongské kráľovstvo
(msas) | Tongské kráľovstvo
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beton
(msasasci) | beton
- concrete |
betonovanie
(msasasci) | betonovanie
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bretoncina
(msasasci) | bretoncina
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bretonec
(msasasci) | Bretonec
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estonsko
(msasasci) | Estonsko
- EE, EST, Estonia |
estonsky
(msasasci) | estonsky
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fejton
(msasasci) | fejton
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kotona
(msasasci) | kotona
- boiler-room |
pyton
(msasasci) | pyton
- python |
s dlhou stonkou
(msasasci) | s dlhou stonkou
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stonozka
(msasasci) | stonozka
- millepede |
tonga
(msasasci) | Tonga
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tongske kralovstvo
(msasasci) | Tongske kralovstvo
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tonovat
(msasasci) | tonovat
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a rolling stone gathers no moss
(encz) | a rolling stone gathers no moss,přílišný neposeda n: Zdeněk Brož |
a sharp tongue
(encz) | a sharp tongue,ostrý jazyk Zdeněk Brož |
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