gigaton

n. 十亿吨

词形变化

gigatons 复数 gigatons

别名

gigatonne

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)

    Holonyms: teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)

    Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton

  2. 2.

    One billion tons.

    One billion short tons (10⁹ × 2000 lb).

  3. 3.

    One billion tons.

    One billion long tons (10⁹ × 2240 lb).

  4. 4.

    One billion tons.

    One billion metric tons (10⁹ × 2204.6 lb).

    Meronyms: kiloton < megaton

词源

From giga- + ton.

来源：wiktionary