gigaton

• gigatonne

From giga- +‎ ton.

gigaton (plural gigatons)

2. 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. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)

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

   Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton

3. One billion tons.
   2. One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).
   4. One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).
   6. One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).

      Meronyms: kiloton < megaton

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