megaton

1. one million tons

2. an explosive power, esp of a nuclear weapon, equal to the power of one million tons of TNT

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

megaton

[′meg·ə‚tən]

(physics)

The energy released by 1,000,000 metric tons of chemical high explosive calculated at a rate of 1000 calories per gram, or a total of 4.18 × 10¹⁵ joules; used principally in expressing the energy released by a nuclear bomb. Abbreviated MT.

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