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Kiloton

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warheadnoun	The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
kilotonnenoun	Alternative spelling of kiloton. [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. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)]
kilotonnagenoun	The destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.
megatonnoun	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. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
gigatonnoun	One billion tons.
petatonnoun	A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
megatonnenoun	Alternative spelling of 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. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)]
exatonnoun	(rare, chiefly science fiction) A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
megatonnagenoun	The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
yieldnoun	A product.
tnt equivalentnoun	The amount of energy released by an explosion expressed in terms of the amount of TNT (trinitrotoluene) needed to generate a similar explosion. Used especially to describe nuclear bombs.
kinitnoun	(physics, obsolete) A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second.
kilonewtonnoun	One thousand newtons.
kilopoundnoun	(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.
kilopondnoun	A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass of one kilogram in the standard gravity (i.e. at the surface of the earth).
kilolightnoun	(science fiction) a unit of distance equal to one thousand light-years; a kilolight-year
throw-weightnoun	(military) A measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads, given in kilograms or tonnes.
talbotnoun	An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.
kiloelectronvoltnoun	(physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts
kilolambdanoun	(physics, astronomy) 1000 lambdas