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gigatons

gigatons is the plural of gigaton.

Meaning of gigaton

Noun

gigaton (plural gigatons)

  1. 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)
  2. One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).
  3. One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).
  4. One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).
    • Meronyms: kiloton < megaton

Questions about gigatons

What is gigatons the plural of?
Gigatons is the plural of gigaton.

Words near gigatons in the dictionary

  1. gigastacy
  2. gigastacys
  3. gigaton
  4. gigatonne
  5. gigatonnes
  6. gigatons
  7. gigatrend
  8. gigatrends
  9. gigavolt
  10. gigavolts
  11. gigawatt

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