metric ton
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually."
- "Scientists and engineers are developing big machines to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but the technology sucks up a lot of energy and money as well — as much as $1,000 per metric ton of captured CO₂. A team led by chemists at the University of California, Berkeley, has created a yellow powder that might boost this field by absorbing CO₂ much more efficiently."
Usage
- American usage