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subkiloton

subkiloton adjective: below one kiloton.

Adjective

subkiloton (not comparable)

  1. Below one kiloton.
    • The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North.2007 April 15, David E. Sanger, “North Korea Misses Important Deadline”, in New York Times

Origin of subkiloton

From sub- + kiloton.

Questions about subkiloton

What does subkiloton mean?
Subkiloton means below one kiloton.
What part of speech is subkiloton?
Subkiloton is an adjective.

Words near subkiloton in the dictionary

  1. subkha
  2. subkilohertz
  3. subkilometer
  4. subkilometre
  5. subkilometric
  6. subkiloton
  7. subkind
  8. subkinds
  9. subking
  10. subkingdom
  11. subkingdoms

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