Associations to the word «Megaton»

Wiktionary

MEGATON, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

MEGATON, noun. A measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT.
MEGATON, noun. One million tons.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis