"yottaton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yottatons [plural]
Etymology: Metric prefix yotta- + ton. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|yotta|ton}} yotta- + ton Head templates: {{en-noun}} yottaton (plural yottatons)
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many septillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Inflected forms

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