英和和英

語源

metric prefix kilo- +‎ ton

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/

名詞

kiloton (複数形 kilotons)

1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

   That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.

   • 2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53:

     Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.

2. One thousand tons.

派生語

• kilotonnage

関連する語

• megaton
• gigaton