gigaton
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
Definition of gigaton
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.)
“Holonyms: teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)”
“Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton”
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noun
-
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.)
“Holonyms: teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)”
“Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton”
- One billion tons.
- One billion tons.
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One billion tons.
“Meronyms: kiloton < megaton”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From giga- + ton.
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