kiloton
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- noun
- /ˈkɪləˌtɒn/
- Specialized
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kilotón
- A nuclear weapon can be rated in kilotons to describe its explosive power, such as a 50-kiloton bomb.
- kiloton yield
- kiloton explosion
- 50 kilotons
It can happen in one kiloton device, low yield this, it's possible.
- It can happen in one kiloton device, low yield this, it's possible.
Examples
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Even so, some of these airbases were designed to survive a 20-kiloton hit.
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Doctor, unless I'm mistaken, 50 kilotons could just about evaporate a small city.
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All 7 kilotons of it.
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One and a half kilotons.
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A yield of 800 kilotons is possible.
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A 50-kiloton explosion from deep in the earth rocks the control area.
Fiction book (1997) -
100 kiloton yield.
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The nominal yield is 30 kilotons.
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The soviets performed a nuclear test yesterday, setting off a 75-kiloton bomb in eastern kazakhstan.
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Sun Cave trembled as shock waves from so many kilotons of nuclear energy made the ground quiver.
Fiction book (1993)
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
kiloton = ton (transparent) = kilo + ton
Formed by the metric prefix 'kilo-' (thousand) added to 'ton', yielding the literal meaning 'a thousand tons', which is straightforward for learners familiar with 'kilo-' and 'ton'.
Etymology
Kiloton comes from kilo- meaning 'thousand', as in kilogram and kilometer, and ton meaning 'a large weight' or 'heavy load'. So a kiloton is literally 'a thousand tons', and when used about explosions it means the energy equal to one thousand tons of TNT.