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51 relations: Aircraft, Calorie, Canadian English, Cubic metre, Drum (container), Energy density, English language, Explosive, Federal Register, French language, Full stop, German language, Germanic languages, Gram, Impact event, Imperial units, International Bureau of Weights and Measures, International System of Units, Joule, Kilogram, Knot (unit), Long and short scales, Long ton, Medieval Latin, Metre–tonne–second system of units, Middle Ages, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Non-SI units mentioned in the SI, North Sea, Nuclear weapon yield, Old English, Old Frisian, Old High German, Orders of magnitude (mass), Oxford English Dictionary, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Pound (mass), Rounding, Short ton, Significant figures, Tesla (unit), TNT, TNT equivalent, Ton, Tonnage, Tonne of oil equivalent, United States customary units, Units of energy, Uranium, ... Expand index (1 more) »
Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
Calorie
The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat. Tonne and calorie are non-SI metric units.
Canadian English
Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada.
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Cubic metre
The cubic metre (in Commonwealth English and international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in American English) is the unit of volume in the International System of Units (SI).
Drum (container)
A drum (also called a barrel) is a cylindrical shipping container used for shipping bulk cargo.
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Energy density
In physics, energy density is the amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.
Federal Register
The Federal Register (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
Full stop
The full stop (Commonwealth English), period (North American English), or full point is a punctuation mark used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclamation).
German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.
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Gram
The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. Tonne and gram are units of mass.
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Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.
Imperial units
The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) is an intergovernmental organisation, through which its 59 member-states act on measurement standards in areas including chemistry, ionising radiation, physical metrology, as well as the International System of Units (SI) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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International System of Units
The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.
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Joule
The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).
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Kilogram
The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. Tonne and kilogram are units of mass.
Knot (unit)
The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly (approximately or). The ISO standard symbol for the knot is kn.
Long and short scales
The long and short scales are two of several naming systems for integer powers of ten which use some of the same terms for different magnitudes.
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Long ton
The long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg) or 35 cu. Tonne and long ton are units of mass.
Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
Metre–tonne–second system of units
The metre–tonne–second (MTS) system of units was invented in France (hence the derived unit names sthène and pièze) where it became the legal system between 1919 and 1961. Tonne and metre–tonne–second system of units are non-SI metric units.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness.
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Non-SI units mentioned in the SI
While the International System of Units (SI) is used throughout the world in all fields, many non-SI units continue to be used in the scientific, technical, and commercial literature. Tonne and non-SI units mentioned in the SI are non-SI metric units.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Nuclear weapon yield
The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released such as blast, thermal, and nuclear radiation, when that particular nuclear weapon is detonated, usually expressed as a TNT equivalent (the standardized equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene which, if detonated, would produce the same energy discharge), either in kilotonnes (kt—thousands of tonnes of TNT), in megatonnes (Mt—millions of tonnes of TNT), or sometimes in terajoules (TJ).
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Old Frisian
Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries along the North Sea coast, roughly between the mouths of the Rhine and Weser rivers.
Old High German
Old High German (OHG; Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050.
Orders of magnitude (mass)
To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following lists describe various mass levels between 10−67 kg and 1052 kg.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Petroleum industry
The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products.
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Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Tonne and pound (mass) are units of mass.
Rounding
Rounding or rounding off means replacing a number with an approximate value that has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation.
Short ton
The short ton (abbreviation tn) is a measurement unit equal to. Tonne and short ton are units of mass.
Significant figures
Significant figures, also referred to as significant digits or sig figs, are specific digits within a number written in positional notation that carry both reliability and necessity in conveying a particular quantity.
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Tesla (unit)
The tesla (symbol: T) is the unit of magnetic flux density (also called magnetic B-field strength) in the International System of Units (SI).
TNT
Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.
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TNT equivalent
TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion.
Ton
Ton is any of several units of measure of mass, volume or force. Tonne and Ton are units of mass.
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Tonnage
Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping.
Tonne of oil equivalent
The tonne of oil equivalent (toe) is a unit of energy defined as the amount of energy released by burning one tonne of crude oil.
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United States customary units
United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832.
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Units of energy
Energy is defined via work, so the SI unit of energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat.
Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92.
Watercraft
A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine.
References
Also known as Attotonne, Exaton, Gigaton (unit), Gigatonne, Gigatonnes, Gigatons, Kilomegaton, M/T, Megagram, Megagramme, Megagrams, Megatonne, Megatonnes, Metric Ton, Metric Tonne, Metric ton unit, Metric tonne unit, Metric tonnes, Metric tons, Millier (unit of mass), Millier (unit), Myriaton, Petaton, S.I. ton, S.I. tonne, SI ton, SI tonne, Teraton, Teratonnes, Teratons, Tonne (unit), Tonne métrique, Tonne unit, Tonnean, Tonneau (unit of mass), Tonneau (unit), Tonnes, Tonnes per annum, Tunnie.