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gigaton

English

Alternative forms

  • gigatonne

Etymology

giga- +? ton

Noun

gigaton (plural gigatons)

  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
  2. One billion tons.

Translations

Further reading

  • gigaton at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Giganto, atgoing, giganto, giganto-, goating, going at

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kiloton

English

Alternative forms

  • kilotonne

Etymology

metric prefix kilo- +? ton

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?k?l??t?n/

Noun

kiloton (plural kilotons)

  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Derived terms

  • kilotonnage

Related terms

  • megaton
  • gigaton

Translations

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