"teraton" meaning in All languages combined

See teraton on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: teratons [plural]
Etymology: From tera- + ton. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|tera|ton}} tera- + ton Head templates: {{en-noun}} teraton (plural teratons)
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
    Sense id: en-teraton-en-noun-e~vtKEeU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tera-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tera-: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 84 16
  2. A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.
    Sense id: en-teraton-en-noun-U1GUnCuq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: doomsday bomb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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