megaton

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/(US)

Definition of megaton

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
    “Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)”
    “Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton”
    “The sins of all our fathers, being dumped on us — the sons The only choice we're given is: How many megatons? And I eschew you! And I say: Screw you! And I hope you're blue, too.”
    “Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.”
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noun

  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
    “Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)”
    “Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton”
    “The sins of all our fathers, being dumped on us — the sons The only choice we're given is: How many megatons? And I eschew you! And I say: Screw you! And I hope you're blue, too.”
    “Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.”
  2. One million tons.
  3. One million tons.
  4. One million tons.
    “Holonym: gigaton”
    “Meronym: kiloton”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From mega- + ton.

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