ALL meanings of megaton
meg·a·ton
M m - noun megaton explosive: one million tons 1
- noun megaton A unit of explosive power chiefly used for nuclear weapons, equivalent to one million tons of TNT. 1
- noun megaton one million tons. 1
- noun megaton an explosive force equal to that of one million tons of TNT, as that of atomic or hydrogen bombs. Abbreviation: MT. 1
- countable noun megaton You can use megaton to refer to the power of a nuclear weapon. A one megaton bomb has the same power as one million tons of TNT. 0
- noun megaton one million tons 0
- noun megaton an explosive power, esp of a nuclear weapon, equal to the power of one million tons of TNT 0
- noun megaton the explosive force of one million tons of TNT: a unit for measuring the power of thermonuclear weapons 0
- noun megaton 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. 0