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What is a tonne?

What is a tonne? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tonne (about 2204.6 pounds) is not exactly the same as a long ton (2240 pounds). Because "ton" and "tonne" usually have the same pronunciation, the phrase "metric ton" is frequently used for "tonne" where disambiguation is required.
  2. In the 1970s the British steel industry promoted the pronunciation /ˈtʌni/ to help avoid confusion. The pronunciation /tɒn/ has also been used for the same reason.
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Named after the sucking fish, Remora is a 16.5 tonne remotely operated rescue vehicle built about a diving bell.
Foreign air freight fell from nine tonnes to just over one tonne, a sharp drop of 85 per cent.
Teagasc figures show that sugar beet cannot be grown in Ireland at the reduced beet price contained in the reform proposals of 27.40 per tonne.
The funding was a result of a Government tax levied on every tonne of stone aggregate extracted from quarrying.
Farmers claim the moths are causing yield losses of up to one tonne a hectare.
According to P. Manoharan, Project Director, PACHE Trust, a tonne of paperboard could be manufactured from three tonnes of sugarcane pulp.

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