Subkiloton

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Below one kiloton. not-comparable

    "The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North."

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"The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North."

Etymology

From sub- + kiloton.

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