(n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
(n.) A measure of weight or quantity.
(n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
(n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
(n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) North Korea has produced tons of propaganda films that portray America’s destruction.
(2) On the other hand, if the world population grew to 1-2 billion fertile women, the million tons of contraceptive steroids needed would require an inexpensive total synthesis.
(3) The smaller spheres and some of the cylinders exploded and fragments and even whole cylinders weighing around 30 tons, were scattered over distances ranging from a few to up to 1200 m.
(4) For luxury brands like Gucci, Prada and Burberry it is a way to clear unsold goods under the radar and McKenzie reveals that while fashion labels "don't like us to talk about them", they "make a ton of money out of their outlet businesses".
(5) Science can say that if we burn another half-trillion tons of carbon the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide will go up by another 100 ppm and that will almost certainly lead to a warming of the planet greater than 2C, with major disruption of the climate system and huge risks for the natural world and human wellbeing.
(6) "I've had tons of support, loads of people are agreeing with the main point, which is the exhibition making.
(7) She would look 10 tons prettier with it natural, and the blonding just makes me think of Miley Cyrus.
(8) A total of 106 rodents sera from slum Wat Phai Ton and slum Klong Toey were examined by immunofluorescent antibody assay during May to August 1990.
(9) We have a ton of education out there about the merits and demerits of particular courses and institutions and it is not helping to inform decision-making."
(10) On the other hand, in the low-risk provinces (Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Magallanes) only 2,550 tons were used.
(11) A French intelligence report shortly after the Ghouta attacks in 2013 estimated that Syria had “several hundreds tons of sulfur mustard, stockpiled in its final form”.
(12) The use of water to keep the reactors cool has led to the build-up of about 70,000 tons of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi.
(13) There are also tons of repair tutorials available on YouTube .
(14) One half of the hens in each study were fed layer diets containing Aureomycin at 100 g per ton for 1 wk during each 28-day period to monitor the effect on egg production.
(15) They're both super advanced machines with tons to offer, so in the end, it's down to personal choice.
(16) Türkiye'nin 2023 yılına kadar güneşten elektrik üretme hedefi sadece yüzde 5 Zonguldak’ta günde 400 ton soluk renkli külün boşaltıldığı dev çukurlardan birine bakan Orhan, kentin kömür santrallerinden birinde 26 yıl çalıştığını ve bu santrallerin kirliliğe neden olduğunu ifade ederek şöyle devam ediyor: “Bununla bağlantılı olarak bazı zorluklarla karşılaştım.
(17) Cycling the city: 'I have a dream that Jakarta should be like Copenhagen' Read more “Jalanku sekarang lebih bersih,” ujar orang-orang, tanpa memedulikan fakta bahwa 6,000 ton sampah dikumpulkan untuk kemudian dipindahkan tanpa tindak berkelanjutan ke bagian kota yang lain.
(18) Comparable establishment of S. typhimurium S192 was achieved in pigs receiving 20 or 40 gm of chlortetracycline per ton.
(19) 12.38am GMT E-mail Michael Aston knows how it will end: expecting a ton of gore….
(20) The amount of fluoride transported from the Maurienne valley by the Arc river was estimated to be 680 tons per year.
Tun
Definition:
(n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
(n.) A fermenting vat.
(n.) A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
(n.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
(n.) An indefinite large quantity.
(n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
(n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
(v. i.) To put into tuns, or casks.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tun Lwin, the retired director general of Myanmar's meteorology department told the Associated Press: "We are out of danger and the impact of the cyclone is almost over.
(2) Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) " @MAS have already spoken to the families of the passengers and crew to inform them of this development."
(3) Wu Tun 吴吞 (@wu_tun) @aiww use mine, more than happy to make it.
(4) Photograph: Oval Partnership In the early 2000s, when enclosed malls were the standard, architect Chris Law of the Oval Partnership proposed an “open city” concept for San Li Tun, an area in Beijing’s central business district.
(5) Patients who appear to respond best to high branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) solutions have been previously described by objective measurements such as total urinary nitrogen (TUN) excretion, oxygen consumption index (O2Cl), plasma lactate, plasma pyruvate, plasma glucose (PG) and urinary 3-methylhistidine.
(6) This dramatically reduces labor and overall costs for TUN determinations, while providing a more accurate and economical assessment of nitrogen excretion than UUN in a clinical setting.
(7) March 24, 2014 Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) "Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort,they have been able to shed more light on MH370’s flight path."
(8) Communities are not getting enough of a say in the process when the pubs they treasure are threatened by closure or change of use.” John Harrison, who lives in the south Cambridgeshire village of Guilden Morden, is among the leaders of an ongoing campaign to save the village’s Three Tuns pub and agrees that ACV status has yielded mixed results.
(9) The prevalence of mottled enamel (dental fluorosis) was investigated among children, aged 6 to 15 years, in Chung-hsing New Village and in Tsao-tun Village.
(10) Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) I will be making a statement on #MH370 at 10pm Malaysian time tonight at PWTC.
(11) An unusual B-cell proliferation was noted in an individual (Tun) which was characterized by the presence of two separate populations of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cell staining on the surface and in the cytoplasm for either IgG(k) or IgA(k).
(12) For both normal and hospitalized populations, nitrogen balance calculated from UUN data exceeded that calculated from TUN data.
(13) With only one exception in Tsao-tun, none of the children in the two groups showed mottling in the "moderate" or "severe" classes.
(14) #MH370 March 24, 2014 Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) "We share this information out of a commitment to openness & respect for the families, two principles guiding this investigation."
(15) Triggering of effectors, as monitored either by incorporation of 32P into phosphatidylinositol or by transmethylation of phosphatidylcholine, was similar for the positive control YAC-1, STC, TUN, and LTC, whereas ASC appeared to be defective in triggering effectors.
(16) #MH370 March 24, 2014 Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) "Inmarsat, that provided the satellite data which indicated the northern & southern corridors,has performed further calculations" March 24, 2014 Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) "Based on their new analysis, Inmarsat & the AAIB concluded that the last position of #MH370 was in the middle of the Indian Ocean."
(17) March 24, 2014 Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) "With deep sadness and regret I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight #MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean."
(18) Total urinary nitrogen (TUN) and urinary urea nitrogen (UUN) in a 24-hour urine collection were measured under a variety of clinical and nutritional conditions in 81 patients for 564 study days.
(19) The efficiency of measuring 24-hr urine urea-nitrogen (UUN) and total urine nitrogen (TUN) in patients on general wards was measured.
(20) TUN determined by chemiluminescence evidently provides a simple means of calculating nitrogen balance more nearly accurately.