kiloton
See also: kilotón
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[edit]kiloton (plural kilotons)
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
- Holonyms: megaton < gigaton
- Meronym: ton of TNT
- That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.
- 2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53:
- Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.
- One thousand tons.
- One thousand short tons (10³ × 2000 lb).
- One thousand long tons (10³ × 2240 lb).
- One thousand metric tons (10³ × 2204.6 lb).