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zettaton

zettaton noun: a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Noun

zettaton (plural zettatons)

  1. (rare) A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
    • Holonym: yottaton (rare)
    • Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare)
  2. (excessive, figuratively, rare) A metric fuckton (of material or its weight).
    • Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot

Synonyms of zettaton

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Forms of zettaton

pluralzettatons

Origin of zettaton

From zetta- + ton.

Questions about zettaton

What does zettaton mean?
Zettaton means a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
What part of speech is zettaton?
Zettaton is a noun.
What is the plural of zettaton?
The plural of zettaton is zettatons.

Words near zettaton in the dictionary

  1. zettamperes
  2. zettaparsec
  3. zettaparsecs
  4. zettasecond
  5. zettaseconds
  6. zettaton
  7. zettatons
  8. Zettel
  9. zettelkasten
  10. zettelkastens
  11. Zettels

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