kiloton
English
/ˈkɪləˌtʌn/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Prefix from English ton (large amount).
Origin
English
ton
Gloss
large amount
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Charleston English
- asston English
- crapton English
- exaton English
- fuckton English
- gigaton English
- megaton English
- multikiloton English
- multiton English
- petaton English
- shitton English
- subkiloton English
- teraton English
- ton English
- tonish English
- tonload English
- tonner English
- yottaton English
- zettaton English
- tonn Norwegian Bokmål
- ton Swedish
- 噸 Japanese
- 屯 Japanese
- tonn Norwegian Nynorsk
- ton Danish
- tonne Old French
- टन Hindi
- 噸 Chinese
- tani Swahili
- 톤 Korean
- ton Hausa