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kilotonnage

kilotonnage noun: the destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.

Noun

kilotonnage (plural kilotonnages)

  1. The destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.
    • The regions contaminated by local fallout depend critically on local weather conditions, particularly wind, and cannot be accurately predicted, but the total areas are roughly proportional to the size (kilotonnage) of the fission part of the bomb.1967, Patricia Joyce Lindop, A Poor Man's Guide to Nuclear Weapons, page 8
    • In addition, the intense study of the nuclear winter phenomenon now going on in both the United States and the Soviet Union may push the arms competition further into lighter, low-kilotonnage weapons.1985 March, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, page 32

Forms of kilotonnage

pluralkilotonnages

Origin of kilotonnage

From kilo- + tonnage.

Questions about kilotonnage

What does kilotonnage mean?
Kilotonnage means the destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.
What part of speech is kilotonnage?
Kilotonnage is a noun.
What is the plural of kilotonnage?
The plural of kilotonnage is kilotonnages.

Words near kilotonnage in the dictionary

  1. kiloseconds
  2. kilostere
  3. kilosteres
  4. kilotex
  5. kiloton
  6. kilotonnage
  7. kilotonnages
  8. kilotonne
  9. kilotonnes
  10. kilotons
  11. kilotorr

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