kiloton

See also: kilotón

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

metric prefix kilo- +‎ ton

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/

NounEdit

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.

   That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.

TranslationsEdit

unit of measure

• Catalan: quilotona f
• Dutch: kiloton (nl)
• Finnish: kilotonni

• French: kilotonne (fr) f
• Russian: килото́нна (ru) f (kilotónna)

Related termsEdit

• megaton
• gigaton

Derived termsEdit

• kilotonnage