gigaton

See also: gigatón

English

Alternative forms

• gigatonne

Etymology

giga- +‎ ton

Noun

gigaton (plural gigatons)

1. 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.
2. One billion tons.

Translations

Translations

• Czech: gigatuna (cs) f
• Danish: gigaton n
• Italian: gigatone (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gigatonn n

  Nynorsk: gigatonn n

• Russian: гигатонна (ru) f (gigatonna)

Further reading

• “gigaton”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Giganto, atgoing, giganto, giganto-, goating, going at