megaton

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

warhead megatonne gigaton megatonnage kiloton petaton exaton kilotonne tnt equivalent yield

Often followed by

bomb nuclear bombs warhead range hydrogen weapons explosion weapon warheads

Word family

megatons