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kiloton
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Pronunciation
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US
)
IPA
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key
)
:
/ˈkɪləˌtʌn/
Noun
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Singular
kiloton
Plural
kilotons
(
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.
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megaton
gigaton
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