"megaton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-megaton.wav [US] Forms: megatons [plural]
Etymology: metric prefix mega- + ton Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mega|ton}} mega- + ton Head templates: {{en-noun}} megaton (plural megatons)
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-megaton-en-noun-G9uBqkMS Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 51 49 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mega-, Units of energy Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 63 37 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 50 50
  2. One million tons. Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-megaton-en-noun-B6t9-sNA Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: megatonne Related terms: kiloton, megatonnage Translations (unit of measure): 兆噸 (Chinese Mandarin), 兆吨 (zhàodūn) (Chinese Mandarin), megatuna [feminine] (Czech), megatonni (Finnish), mégatonne [feminine] (French), Megatonne [feminine] (German), megaton [masculine] (Italian), megatone [masculine] (Italian), メガトン (megaton) (Japanese), 메가톤 (megaton) (Korean), мегато́нна (megatónna) [feminine] (Russian), triệu tấn (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'unit of measure': 46 54

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: From English mega- + ton. Etymology templates: {{uder|it|en|-}} English, {{prefix|it|mega|ton}} mega- + ton Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} megaton m (invariable)
  1. megaton Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare

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