teraton

See also: teratón

English

The asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs. The estimated energy value of said impact was many teratons (sense 1).

Etymology

From tera- +‎ ton.

Noun

teraton (plural teratons)

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

   Holonyms: petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)

   Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton

3. A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.

See also

• doomsday bomb