subkiloton

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ kiloton

Adjective[edit]

subkiloton (not comparable)

  1. Below one kiloton.
    • 2007 April 15, David E. Sanger, “North Korea Misses Important Deadline”, in New York Times[1]:
      The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North.