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megaton

 
(mĕg'ə-tŭn') pronunciation
n. (Abbr. MT)
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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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).

n. a measurement of the yield of a nuclear weapon equivalent to the explosion of 1 million tons of TNT.

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  • Special Measures - megaton: one million tons, esp. an explosive force equal to one million tons of TNT


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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

Italiano (Italian)
megaton

Português (Portuguese)
n. - megaton (m) (Eng.Nucl.)

Русский (Russian)
мегатонна

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 100만 톤

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - メガトン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ميغاطن, مليار طن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיליון טונות, מגטון‬


 
 
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MT (abbreviation)
megaton weapon (ordnance)
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