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• hy|per|ton|ic — «HY puhr TON ihk», adjective. 1. having excessive muscular tone or tension in response to stimuli. 2. (of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than an isotonic solution …   Useful english dictionary

• su|per|ton|ic — «SOO puhr TON ihk», noun. Music. the second tone or note of a scale; tone or note next above the tonic …   Useful english dictionary

• ton — [ tʌn ] noun count ** 1. ) AMERICAN a unit for measuring weight, containing 2,000 POUNDS and equal to 907 kilograms: The horse could pull up to 50 tons. Transporting the coal costs $40 per ton. two ton/80 ton etc. (=weighing two tons/80 tons… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ton */*/ — UK [tʌn] / US noun [countable] Word forms ton : singular ton plural tons 1) a) British a unit for measuring weight, containing 2,240 pounds and equal to 1,016 kilograms The horse could pull up to 50 tons. Transporting the coal costs £40 per ton.… …   English dictionary

• ton-mileage — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: ton mile + age 1. : the total ton miles performed by a carrier in a period of time 2. : rate (as of fuel consumption) per ton mile …   Useful english dictionary

• Ton (disambiguation) — Ton may refer to: *Ton, a unit of mass, force, volume, energy or power.*The Germanic word for fenced field, with the same origin as town .*TON, Type O Negative, a goth metal band.*The ton meant the upper levels of London society in the Regency… …   Wikipedia

• ton — ton1 or displacement ton [tun] n. pl. tons; sometimes, after a number,ton [var. (differentiated (17th c.) for senses “weight, measure”) of TUN] 1. a unit of weight, equal to 2,000 pounds avoirdupois (907.1847 kilograms or 0.90718 metric ton or… …   English World dictionary

• per|i|phy|ton — «PEHR uh FY ton», noun. a complex colony of microscopic algae, insect larvae, small crustaceans, and other organisms that form a thick layer, as on the bottom of swamps and marshes, covering the stems of plants. The periphyton is a dominant… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|i|ton|sil|lar abscess — «PEHR uh TON suh luhr», = quinsy. (Cf. ↑quinsy) …   Useful english dictionary

• Ton — Not to be confused with tonnage. For other uses, see Ton (disambiguation). The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of weight, and as a… …   Wikipedia

• ton —    1. (tn or T or t)    a traditional unit of weight equal to 20 hundredweight.    In the United States and Canada, there are 100 pounds in the hundredweight and exactly 2000 pounds (907.185 kilograms) in the ton. In Britain, there are 112 pounds …   Dictionary of units of measurement