freight by measurement
11High Speed Freight Vehicle — The High Speed Freight Vehicle was a prototype rail vehicle developed by the British Rail Research Division, capable of speeds of up to convert|140|mph|km/h|abbr=on. A number of vehicles were produced, including HSFV1 and HSFV4, [… …
12weight or measurement — See freight …
13ton — 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 …
14barrel bulk — a commercial unit of volume equal to exactly 5 cubic feet or 0.141 584 cubic meters. There are exactly 8 barrels bulk in a freight ton and 20 in a register ton …
15cubic ton — a unit of volume, used in various ways but most commonly equal to 40 cubic feet (1.13267 cubic meters). This makes it the same as the freight ton (see ton5) …
16shipping ton — a traditional unit measuring the volume (not the weight) of items shipped by sea. The U.S. shipping ton is the same as the freight ton (see ton5), 40 cubic feet or about 1.1326 cubic meters. The British shipping ton is 5% larger at 42 cubic… …
17U.S. shipping ton — the freight ton5; see also shipping ton …
18ton-mile — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: ton (II) + mile : a statistical unit of freight transportation equivalent to a ton of freight moved one mile compare car mile * * * ton mileage, n. /tun muyl /, n. a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent …
19ton — ton1 /tun/, n. 1. a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain. 2. Also called freight ton. a unit of volume for… …
20ton-mile — ton mileage, n. /tun muyl /, n. a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile. [1900 05] * * * …
