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Word: Megaton
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛɡətʌn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a unit of explosive power chiefly used for nuclear weapons, equivalent to one million tons of TNT
Short Definition:unit of explosive power chiefly used for nuclear weapons, equivalent to one million tons of TNT
Examples:- H-bombs of fifteen megatons each
Variant Forms:
- megatonne
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