megatonnage
megatonnage noun: the destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
Noun
megatonnage (countable and uncountable, plural megatonnages)
- The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
- "We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area.1988 September 9, Harold Henderson, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader
- That simple idea gained increasing public support in the late 1970s and early 80s as an alternative to the complexities of the arms race, with its continuing posturing and intermittent negotiations about megatonnage, throw weight and inspections.2007 October 26, Dennis Hevesi, “Randall Forsberg, 64, Nuclear Freeze Advocate, Dies”, in New York Times
Forms of megatonnage
| plural | megatonnages |
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Origin of megatonnage
From mega- + tonnage.
Questions about megatonnage
- What does megatonnage mean?
- Megatonnage means the destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
- What part of speech is megatonnage?
- Megatonnage is a noun.
- What is the plural of megatonnage?
- The plural of megatonnage is megatonnages.
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