"gigaton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gigatons [plural]
Etymology: giga- + ton Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|giga|ton}} giga- + ton Head templates: {{en-noun}} gigaton (plural gigatons)
  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. Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare Translations (Translations): gigatuna [feminine] (Czech), gigaton [neuter] (Danish), gigatone [masculine] (Italian), gigatonn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gigatonn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), гигатонна (gigatonna) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gigaton-en-noun-kewHuC-3 Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with giga-, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with giga-: 69 31 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 66 34
  2. One billion tons.
    Sense id: en-gigaton-en-noun-wijucuUz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gigatonne

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