English Explanatory Dictionary

gigaton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
  2. One billion tons.
  3. One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).
  4. One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).
  5. One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).

Word forms

gigaton gigatons gigatonne

Etymology

From giga- + ton.

Translations

Czech: gigatuna Danish: gigaton Italian: gigatone Norwegian Bokmål: gigatonn Norwegian Nynorsk: gigatonn Russian: гигатонна
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