teraton

teraton
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.

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  • petaton — noun A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. See Also: kiloton, megaton, gigaton, teraton, exaton, zettaton, yottaton …   Wiktionary

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