kiloton

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)

   “That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.”

2. isim One thousand short tons (10³ × 2000 lb).
3. isim One thousand long tons (10³ × 2240 lb).
4. isim One thousand metric tons (10³ × 2204.6 lb).

   “Holonyms: megaton < gigaton”