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kiloton
See also:
kilotón
Contents
English
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Etymology
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metric prefix
kilo-
+
ton
Pronunciation
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(
US
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈkɪləˌtʌn/
Noun
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kiloton
(
plural
kilotons
)
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.
Derived terms
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kilotonnage
Related terms
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megaton
gigaton
Translations
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unit of measure
Catalan:
quilotona
f
Dutch:
kiloton
(nl)
Finnish:
kilotonni
French:
kilotonne
(fr)
f
Russian:
килото́нна
(ru)
f
(
kilotónna
)