kiloton

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/

Noun

Singular kiloton

Plural kilotons

1. (countable) A kiloton is a unit that is used to determine how strong an explosion caused by a bomb is. The unit is based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to make the same size explosion.

Related words

• megaton
• gigaton