Ton vs Ac - What's the difference?
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A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
A unit of volume; register ton.
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/ (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
(colloquial, hyperbole) A large amount.
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
(cricket) One hundred runs.
(darts) One hundred points.
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
* Thackeray
Fashionable society; those in style.
absolute ceiling
account current
acre
(music) adult contemporary, a radio format
air conditioning; air conditioned
air corps
aircraftman
all clear, as in button on electronic calculator
(electricity) alternating current; often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current, as in 110V AC.
anno Christi, in the year of Christ.
ante Christum, before Christ.
(medical) ante cibum, before meals.
(religion) antichristian
area code
army corps
(legal) as charged, as in: guilty as charged, usually
athletic club
(Internet, slang) audible chuckle (rfex)
author's correction
automobile club
(US, military) Auxiliary Collier - a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal powered warships
(set theory) axiom of choice
(Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
aviation cadet
America's Cup (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta)
(label)
Aceh, an autonomous province of Indonesia.
(geography) Acre, a state of Brazil.
As a noun ton
is lineage, ancestry.As an adjective ac is
cruel, severe, fierce.ton
English
(wikipedia ton)Etymology 1
Variant of .Noun
(en noun)- I’ve got a ton of work to do.
- I've got tons of work to do.
Synonyms
* (large amount) heap, load, pile * (one-hundred runs) century * See alsoDerived terms
* displacement ton * long ton * measurement ton * metric ton (tonne) * register ton * short tonEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from (etyl) tonus.Noun
(-)- (Byron)
- If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.