thanks! as the hyperlink was only at thw word "ton" (and to the url above); I assumed "short" was part of the phrase, not of the unit name. Something meaning th

thanks! as the hyperlink was only at thw word "ton" (and to the url above); I assumed "short" was part of the phrase, not of the unit name. Something meaning that 6,600 was a rounded number or something like that (enlgish is not my first language).