ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Exaton

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Exaton is a noun meaning (rare, chiefly science fiction) A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Meaning

(rare, chiefly science fiction) A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

Example Sentences

Holonyms: zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton

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Related dictionary entries include petaton, megaton, gigaton, megatonne, kiloton, megatonnage.

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