A unit of explosive force equal to that of one million metric tons of TNT.
megatonnage meg'a·ton'nage (-tŭn'ĭj) n.
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A unit of explosive force equal to that of one million metric tons of TNT.
megatonnage meg'a·ton'nage (-tŭn'ĭj) n.n. a measurement of the yield of a nuclear weapon equivalent to the explosion of 1 million tons of TNT.
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mechanics Relative to explosions, particularly of hydrogen bombs, the energy of 1 million (short, long, or metric) tons of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) ≈ 4.2~ TJ (coincidentally, ≈ 1 Tcal).
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT
Meaning #2:
one million tons
Dansk (Danish)
n. - megaton (1 mio. tons)
Nederlands (Dutch)
(explosieve kracht van) een miljoen ton (T.N.T.)
Français (French)
n. - mégatonne
Deutsch (German)
n. - Megatonne
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσ.) μεγάτονος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - megaton (m) (Eng.Nucl.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - megatón
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - megaton
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
百万吨, 兆吨
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 百萬噸, 兆噸
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ميغاطن, مليار طن
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מיליון טונות, מגטון
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