"petaton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: petatons [plural]
Etymology: From peta- + ton. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|peta-|ton|text=+|tree=1}} From peta- + ton. Head templates: {{en-noun}} petaton (plural petatons)
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. Wikidata QID: Q2717841

Inflected forms

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