"kiloton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-kiloton.wav Forms: kilotons [plural]
Etymology: metric prefix kilo- + ton Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|kilo|ton}} kilo- + ton Head templates: {{en-noun}} kiloton (plural kilotons)
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare, Thousand Translations (unit of measure): kilotoi (Basque), quilotona [feminine] (Catalan), kilotuna [feminine] (Czech), kiloton (Dutch), kilotonni (Finnish), kilotonne [feminine] (French), килотон (kiloton) (Macedonian), килото́нна (kilotónna) [feminine] (Russian), kilô tấn [rare] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-kiloton-en-noun-d4nbJX~y Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 86 14 Disambiguation of Thousand: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with kilo-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with kilo-: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'unit of measure': 100 0
  2. One thousand tons. Categories (topical): Thousand
    Sense id: en-kiloton-en-noun-1scOCCvl Disambiguation of Thousand: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kilotonne Derived forms: kilotonnage Related terms: megaton, gigaton

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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