The short ton (S/T) is a unit of mass equal to 2,000 lb (exactly 908. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 18474 kg). In the United States it is often called simply ton without distinguishing it from the metric ton (or tonne, 1,000 kilograms) or the long ton (2,240 pounds)—rather, the other two are specifically noted. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton. There are, however, some U. S. applications for which unspecified tons normally means long tons (for example, Navy ships) or metric tons (world grain production figures).

Both the long and short ton are defined as 20 hundredweights, but a hundredweight is 112 pounds (which is equal to 8 stone) in the Imperial system (long or gross hundredweight) and 100 pounds in the U. Hundred weight or hundredweight is a Unit of measurement for Mass in U The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most S. system (short or net hundredweight).

The spelling tonne is from Gallic and French. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The term applied to the barrel of the largest size. In Old English the spelling was tunne, "cask" - a full cask about a metre high could easily weigh a tonne. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container traditionally made of Wood Staves and bound with Iron Hoops The The antiquated British wine cask volume measurement tun is close to a metric tonne in weight as it defines about 954 litres which for most liquids amounts to as many kilograms.

A short ton–force is 2,000 pounds-force (8,896 newtons). This article deals with the unit of force For the unit of mass see Pound (mass. The newton (symbol N) is the SI derived unit of Force, named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on Classical

See also

• Metric tonne (M/T)
• Long ton (L/T)

This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton.

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