"gigaton" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "giga",
        "3": "ton"
      },
      "expansion": "giga- + ton",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From giga- + ton.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gigatons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gigaton (plural gigatons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with giga-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Units of energy",
          "orig": "en:Units of energy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nuclear warfare",
          "orig": "en:Nuclear warfare",
          "parents": [
            "War",
            "Weapons",
            "Conflict",
            "Military",
            "Violence",
            "Hunting",
            "Tools",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Human activity",
            "Technology",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-gigaton-en-noun-kewHuC-3",
      "links": [
        [
          "explosion",
          "explosion"
        ],
        [
          "bomb",
          "bomb"
        ],
        [
          "billion",
          "billion"
        ],
        [
          "ton",
          "ton"
        ],
        [
          "TNT",
          "TNT"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gigatuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gigaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gigatone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gigatonn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gigatonn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gigatonna",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гигатонна"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One billion tons."
      ],
      "id": "en-gigaton-en-noun-wijucuUz",
      "links": [
        [
          "ton",
          "ton"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gigatonne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gigaton"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with giga-",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss",
    "en:Nuclear warfare",
    "en:Units of energy"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "giga",
        "3": "ton"
      },
      "expansion": "giga- + ton",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From giga- + ton.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gigatons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gigaton (plural gigatons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "explosion",
          "explosion"
        ],
        [
          "bomb",
          "bomb"
        ],
        [
          "billion",
          "billion"
        ],
        [
          "ton",
          "ton"
        ],
        [
          "TNT",
          "TNT"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One billion tons."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ton",
          "ton"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gigatonne"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gigatuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gigaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gigatone"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gigatonn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gigatonn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gigatonna",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гигатонна"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gigaton"
}