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megatons

megatons is the plural of megaton.

Meaning of megaton

Noun

megaton (plural megatons)

  1. 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.)
    • Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
  2. One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
  3. One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
  4. One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).
    • Holonym: gigaton

Words formed from megatons

Questions about megatons

What is megatons the plural of?
Megatons is the plural of megaton.

Words near megatons in the dictionary

  1. megaton
  2. megatonnage
  3. megatonnages
  4. megatonne
  5. megatonnes
  6. megatons
  7. megatooth shark
  8. megatooth sharks
  9. megatoothed
  10. megatooths
  11. megatour

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