Vocabulary Entry

kiloton

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noun

A unit of mass equal to 1,000 metric tons, commonly used to describe the explosive power of nuclear weapons.

Example Sentences

"The bomb had a yield of 10 kilotons, equivalent to the power of several thousand tons of TNT."

"During the war, they measured the explosions in kilotons to assess their impact."

"One kiloton of TNT is roughly the explosive equivalent of 1,000,000 pounds."