megaton

n. 兆吨

发音

US /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/

词形变化

megatons 复数 megatons

别名

megatonne

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    兆吨

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

    Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton

  2. 2.

    One million tons.

    One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).

  3. 3.

    One million tons.

    One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).

  4. 4.

    One million tons.

    One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).

    Holonym: gigaton

    Meronym: kiloton

词汇关系

名词

部分词 1

kiloton

词源

From mega- + ton.

来源：wiktionary