Megaton

Definitions

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.)
2. One million tons.
3. One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
4. One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
5. One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).

Equivalents

6 more languages

العربيةمليون طنّ

Češtinamegatuna

Suomimegatonni

日本語メガトン

한국어메가톤

Русскиймегатонна

Examples

“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.”

“Holonym: gigaton”

“Meronym: kiloton”

CEFR level