teraton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
  2. A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.

Word forms

teraton teratons

Etymology

From tera- + ton.

Related words

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