tonne

Definition:
1. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.

Use 'tonne' in a sentence:

• 1. From ancient oak forests to centuries-old groves1 of ash or beech2, they provide a refuge for wildlife, including butterflies, birds and insects, and lock up millions of tonnes of carbon.
• 2. Nickel gained 4 per cent at$ 16,750 a tonne.
• 3. That revealed that up to 21 million tonnes of microplastic is floating in those upper layers of the ocean.
• 4. Production this year could top 3m tonnes.
• 5. A 30-tonne (33-ton) chunk of ice broke off from the Tasman Glacier, and slid into Tasman Lake.
• 6. Each tonne of fuel burned also produces 3.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
• 7. A megajoule is equivalent to the energy released when a one-tonne vehicle slams into a wall at 160kmh.
• 8. If the MTVL passes muster it will join Canada's rubber-tracked 20-tonne M113 APCs in Afghanistan.
• 9. Today's 2nd generation imager has 12 channels; it's a 2-tonne class spacecraft.
• 10. And wherever they drift, they can have a major influence on their immediate2 environment, changing the temperature of the sea and introducing billions of tonnes of fresh water.
• 11. He forecast Chinese crude steel production of 505m-510m tonnes this year.
• 12. 70,000 tonnes of oil spilled from the tanker.
• 13. If all goes to plan, the 1.5-tonne satellite should be flying over the pockmarked lunar surface November 11.
• 14. 5 tonnes of water is polluted for every tonne of coal mined.
• 15. The planned 3rd generation imager will be a 3-tonne satellite; it will have 16 channels.
• 16. Spot prices are currently near$ 200 a tonne.
• 17. The research team from the University of California, Santa Barbara, estimates a total of 5.6 million tonnes has been shed in this way, just over half of which has gone into water bodies.
• 18. Prices are still well above their pre-crisis average of$ 250 a tonne.
• 19. By the late 19th century, kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to Europe and the US.
• 20. But what these tonnes of microscopic4 fragments show is that decades of plastic pollution has been washed from rivers or even blown on the wind into the ocean.
• 21. But that still left the price of a tonne of carbon dioxide comfortably above its lowest level last year.
• 22. The $200 price is in line with current analysts' expectations after spot prices surged to $220-$240 a tonne.
• 23. Sand prices, which peaked at over S$60 ($43) a tonne in 2007, have fallen during the slowdown.
• 24. Thirty-tonne trucks have finished spreading lime fertiliser to reduce the acidity of the soil.
• 25. The company aims to produce 30m tonnes by the end of 2012.
• 26. C. "Metric Tonne" means a tonne equivalent to 1000 kilogram.
• 27. When the station docks with both manned and cargo spacecraft, its weight could reach nearly 100 tonnes.
• 28. The IEA, for example, predicts CCS will cost just $35-60 per tonne of emissions reductions by 2030.
• 29. At 15 euro ($22) a tonne the price is high enough to induce power companies to switch some generation from coal to ga.
• 30. Since 1995 Dow has reduced the amount of water it uses per tonne of output by over a third.
• 31. China's annual grain output remained above 650 million tonnes for five consecutive years during the 13th Five-Year Plan ( 2016-2020) period, but food waste has been a lingering problem that poses a potential threat to the country's food security.
• 32. My clothes were heavy, my shoes weighed a tonne.
• 33. Nickel followed, topping $26,000 a tonne for the first time.
• 34. The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes.
• 35. The Falcon will need almost a tonne of HTP pushed through it, which is the job of the F1 engine.
• 36. It traded as low as$ 380 a tonne last year.
• 37. The world's total demand for lubricating oil in 2004 was 37.8 million tonnes.
• 38. The reduction is a 95 per cent drop from 3,000 tonnes a decade ago.
• 39. "Metric tonne or MT" means a tonne equivalent to 1,000 Kilogram.
• 40. It does not cost much to scrape it up, and the expense comes in moving costs from mine to market. Even so, Australia can produce iron ore for $25 a tonne.
• 41. Early humans seem to have played a major role in finishing offnine other mammal species that weighed over a tonne.
• 42. Every tonne of coal contains, on average, 30 kilograms of nitrogen.
• 43. Standing held the title, according to Guinness World Records. A total of 4860 tonnes of sand make up the intricately decorated structure, which is reminiscent of a pyramid, in the small seaside town of Blokhus.
• 44. Even a slender diplodocus, once believed to have tipped the scales at five and a half tonnes when alive, has lost a tonne and a half from its weight.
• 45. Our cars pump out thousands of tonnes of poisonous fumes every year.
• 46. The space station will be a T shape with the core module at the center and a lab capsule on each side. Each module will be over 20 tonnes.
• 47. The core module, Tianhe, has a total length of 16.6 meters, a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters and a takeoff mass of 22.5 tonnes, and is the largest spacecraft developed by China.
• 48. Top quality Thai rice fetched$ 340 a tonne.
• 49. They mill 1,000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state.
• 50. The study showed that a single new desktop machine created emissions of almost half a tonne during its manufacture.
• 51. Their initial calculations and scale-model wind-tunnel experiments convinced them they wouldn't need a strong wind to lift the 33.5-tonne column.
• 52. A million tonnes of untreated sewage is dumped into the sea.
• 53. The largest stones weigh over five tonnes apiece.
• 54. The facility recently recorded finding 1,890 grammes of gold per tonne of ash from incinerated sludge.
• 55. Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.