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TONNAGE [4 records]

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Record 1 2010-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Water Transport
DEF

A duty or tax on ships at so much a ton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Transport par eau
DEF

Droit payé par un navire d'après sa capacité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

The size of a ship or spaces within a ship as measured in tons.

CONT

tonnage. The internal capacity of a ship expressed in tons of 100 cubic feet, or register tons (about 2,8 cubic meters).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
DEF

Expression de la capacité intérieure de charge d'un navire exprimée en tonneaux.

OBS

L'unité de jauge est la tonne de 100 pieds cubes britanniques, ou tonneau de jauge, plus simplement appelé tonneau, et qui vaut 2,83m³.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
DEF

Capacidad total de un navío expresada en toneladas.

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Record 3 2003-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Economic Geology
  • Metals Mining
CONT

Typical tonnage and grade of mesothermal deposits are a few million tonnes of ore at a grade of 6 to 10 g/t gold.

CONT

Most [porphyry copper] deposits have grades of 0.4-1% copper and total tonnages range up to 1000 million with a few giants being even larger than this ...

CONT

... the large tonnage of molybdenum which is present in the deposits.

CONT

Tonnages generally range from a few tens of thousands up to 20 Mt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

L'exploitabilité d'une concentration métallifère dépend non seulement de sa teneur en métal mais aussi de la quantité totale de métal qu'elle contient ou, autrement dit, de son tonnage.

CONT

La présence de la masse métallifère soupçonnée doit être confirmée par des sondages qui permettront d'avoir une idée sur sa teneur, son volume (tonnage), l'aspect du minerai [...], la forme du gisement [...]

CONT

On estime la valeur du minerai [...] circonscrit, en tenant compte du tonnage, de la teneur en éléments utiles.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

tons: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

(...) tel que cela apparaît sur la formule billet d'enregistrement, imprimée sur papier rose (...)

OBS

tonnage : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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