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kiloton|ˈkɪlətʌn|
[f. kilo- + ton1.]
a. One thousand tons. Somewhat rare.
b. A unit of explosive power, equal to that of one thousand tons of T.N.T. Freq. attrib.
1950J. O. Hirschfelder et al. Effects of Atomic Weapons i. 14 It is necessary for about 3 × 1024 atoms to suffer fission to release the energy equivalent to 20 kilotons of TNT. 1952Birmingham (Alabama) News 24 Apr. 14/5 According to informed forecasts, the new bomb will have an explosive power of between 200 and 300 kilotons. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest v. 303 A 20 kiloton explosion (i.e., energy released equivalent to 20,000 tons of conventional explosives). 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 22 May 306/4 The atomic strategy..relies on technology rather than on men and reckons fire-power in terms of kilotons of explosive. 1971I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xxiv. 333/1 The difficulties of discriminating between minor ‘background’ Earth tremors and the effects of [nuclear] tests of a few kilotons were seen to be formidable. 1973Sci. Amer. Oct. 47/3 One of the aerial bombs, a comparatively low-yield weapon, had an explosive force equal to ‘a few hundred kilotons’ of TNT. |