subkiloton

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ kiloton

Adjective

subkiloton (not comparable)

1. Below one kiloton.
   • 2007 April 15, David E. Sanger, “North Korea Misses Important Deadline”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North.