short ton

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short ton (plural short tons)

  1. A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms.[1]

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  1. ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886