petaton

English

Etymology

From peta- +‎ ton.

Noun

petaton (plural petatons)

1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Related terms

• kiloton
• megaton
• gigaton
• teraton
• exaton
• zettaton
• yottaton

Esperanto

Noun

petaton

1. accusative singular present nominal passive participle of peti