English Explanatory Dictionary

TNT equivalent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The amount of energy released by an explosion expressed in terms of the amount of TNT (trinitrotoluene) needed to generate a similar explosion. Used especially to describe nuclear bombs.

Word forms

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