gigaton

See also: gigatón

English

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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.

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Further reading
  • “gigaton”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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