gigaton

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
    — Holonyms: teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
  2. One billion tons.; One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).
  3. One billion tons.; One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).
  4. One billion tons.; One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).
    — Meronyms: kiloton < megaton

词形变化

gigatons plural gigatonne alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English giga-
English ton
English gigaton
From giga- + ton.
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