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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the metric system, a weight equal to a thousand kilograms, or 2,205 pounds avoirdupois (nearly a tou). It is the weight of one cubic meter of water at 4 C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A weight of the metric system, equal to one million grams; a metric ton.

Etymologies

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French, from mille thousand.

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