Definition of metric ton
: a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms — see Metric System Table
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The machine, made by farming machinery company Sakakibara Kikai, stands 8.5 meters tall and weighs more than seven metric tons.
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Since 1992, China has imported about 106 million metric tons of plastic waste.
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The United States alone will have 37 million extra metric tons of plastic waste to contend with.
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The Antarctic ice sheet lost nearly 3 trillion metric tons of ice from 1992 to 2017, and its rate of loss over that time tripled in West Antarctica, according to an international collaboration involving about 80 scientists.
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The Tuesday indictment provides additional details on the 2016 allegations, including emails that allegedly confirmed the tanker had unloaded nearly 5 million metric tons of jet fuel in Syria, and includes the movements of another Russian ship, Yaz.
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There are 68 to 103 metric tons (2,200 pounds per ton) of human waste on the West Buttress route, according to a 2013 technical report by National Park Service glaciologist Mike Loso and several others.
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To launch 45 metric tons, the equivalent of an Apollo moon mission, your rocket would need to be about 400,000 metric tons, or roughly the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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The proposal would charge $15 per metric ton on carbon emissions starting in 2020, raising about $1 billion.
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First Known Use of metric ton
1864
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Definition of metric ton for English Language Learners
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: a unit of mass and weight equal to one million grams
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