metric ton

noun

: a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms see Metric System Table

Examples of metric ton in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The energy produced by the wind farm is expected to match the annual consumption of more than 84,000 homes and reduce about 210,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024 Hugo van der Goes, the vice president for cocoa at Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest maker of bulk chocolate, said the shortfall could reach 500,000 metric tons, Bloomberg reported. David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024 By one calculation, if every single family home in the United States adopted heat pumps, annual greenhouse gas emissions would drop by 160 million metric tons, the same as taking 32 million cars off the road. Cara Buckley, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 Global emissions from energy rose by 410 million metric tons, or 1.1%, in 2023 to 37.4 billion metric tons, the IEA analysis showed. Reuters, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024 These included improving fuel efficiency by more than 135% between 1978 and 2021, saving over 5.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024 Wabash Valley Resources plans to inject up to 1.67 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year into the wells over a 12-year period. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024 The transport and the consumption of that volume of LNG annually would emit about 225 million metric tons (mmt) of greenhouse gases (on a CO2-equivalent basis). Benjamin Zycher, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024 Huge ships transport containers filled with almost 2 billion metric tons of cargo to and from 850 ports worldwide each year. Susan Galer, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of metric ton was in 1864

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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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metric ton

noun
: a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms see metric system

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