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kilotonnounA 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.)
kilotonnenounAlternative 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.)]
megatonnagenounThe destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
petatonnounA 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.
megatonnounA 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.)
gigatonnounOne billion tons.
megatonnenounAlternative 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.
yieldnounA product.
kilonewtonnounOne thousand newtons.
kilopondnounA 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).
tnt equivalentnounThe 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.
kilopoundnoun(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.
throw-weightnoun(military) A measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads, given in kilograms or tonnes.
kilogramnounIn the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
kilo-voltnounOne thousand ( 10³ ) volts. Symbol: kV or KV.
kilowattagenounAn amount of power expressed in kilowatts.
kilo-joulenounOne thousand (10³) joules. Symbol: kJ or KJ.
kilo-wattnounOne thousand (10³) watts. Symbol: kW or KW.

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