"kiloton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-kiloton.wav [US] 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 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: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with kilo-, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with kilo-: 75 25 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'unit of measure': 74 25
  2. One thousand tons. Categories (topical): Thousand
    Sense id: en-kiloton-en-noun-1scOCCvl Disambiguation of Thousand: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kilotonne Derived forms: kilotonnage Related terms: megaton, gigaton

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