gigaton (English, noun)
expansion: gigaton (plural gigatons)
Senses:
wikidata: Q14948257
glosses: 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.)
glosses: One billion tons.
One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).
glosses: One billion tons.
One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).
glosses: One billion tons.
One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).
wikidata: Q106232521
Forms:
form: gigatons
tags: plural
form: gigatonne
tags: alternative