megaton

English

Etymology

metric prefix mega- +‎ ton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/

Noun

megaton (plural megatons)

1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Related terms

• kiloton
• megatonnage

Translations

unit of measure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兆噸／兆吨 (zhàodūn), 兆吨 (zhàodūn)

• Czech: megatuna (cs) f
• Finnish: megatonni
• French: mégatonne (fr) f
• German: Megatonne (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: megaton (it) m, megatone m
• Japanese: メガトン (ja) (megaton)
• Korean: 메가톤 (megaton)
• Russian: мегато́нна (ru) f (megatónna)
• Vietnamese: triệu tấn

Anagrams

• Matengo, geomant, magneto, magneto-, montage

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English mega- +‎ ton

Noun

megaton m (uncountable)

1. megaton