Noun: tonne-kilometer
Usage: US (elsewhere: tonne-kilometre)
Usage: US (elsewhere: tonne-kilometre)
- Tonne-kilometer, a unit of measure used in freight transport to determine the transport of one tonne of goods over one kilometer
"A transport of 1250 kilograms over 90 kilometers equals 112,5 tonne-kilometers";
- tonne-kilometre [Brit, Cdn], tkm
Derived forms: tonne-kilometers
Type of: unit, unit of measurement
Encyclopedia: Tonne-kilometer