megaton

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
    — Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
  2. One million tons.; One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
  3. One million tons.; One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
  4. One million tons.; One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).
    — Holonym: gigaton

词形变化

megatons plural megatonne alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
megatonnage multimegaton multimegatons

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
Proto-Hellenic *mégas
Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.
English mega-
English ton
English megaton
From mega- + ton.
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