Kilotonnage
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The destructive power of an explosive, measured in kilotons.
"The regions contaminated by local fallout depend critically on local weather conditions, particularly wind, and cannot be accurately predicted, but the total areas are roughly proportional to the size (kilotonnage) of the fission part of the bomb."
Example
More examples"The regions contaminated by local fallout depend critically on local weather conditions, particularly wind, and cannot be accurately predicted, but the total areas are roughly proportional to the size (kilotonnage) of the fission part of the bomb."
Etymology
From kilo- + tonnage.