teraton

See also: teratón

English

Etymology

tera- +‎ ton

Noun

teraton (plural teratons)

  1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
  2. A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.
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