噸 — meaning in English

English meaning

• dit noun In Morse code, the short signal represented by a dot (as opposed to a "dah").
• ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).

Senses

噸 is used for these senses in English:

• dit The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
• ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:

dit — full definition

1. noun In Morse code, the short signal represented by a dot (as opposed to a "dah").
2. verb A dialect word (Scots and northern English) meaning to block or close up an opening.

ton — full definition

1. noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
2. noun Informal: a huge or overwhelming amount of something.

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