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Megaton Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix mega-

Megaton has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT

2

one million tons

3

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.

See Also
megatonnage bomb megatons million explosion petaton kiloton tnt
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
explosive unit avoirdupois unit
Rhyming Words
ton eton ston niton piton anton riton luton jeton myton eaton seton axton upton eston orton auton moton baton acton
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