KILOTON

Meaning of KILOTON in English

/kil"euh tun'/ , n.

1. a unit of weight, equal to 1000 tons.

2. an explosive force equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT.

[ 1945-50; KILO- + TON 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

KILOTON — noun Date: 1950 1000 tons, an explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tons of TNT
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KILOTON — ˈkiləˌtən noun Etymology: kilo- + ton 1. : one thousand tons 2. : an explosive force equivalent to that of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILOTON — n. unit of weight equal to 1000 tons
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KILOTON — -ˌtän noun Date: 1950 1. : 1000 tons 2. : an explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tons of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILOTON — (also ~ne ) ■ noun a unit of explosive power equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT.
Concise Oxford English vocab
KILOTON — [ki.lo.ton] n (1950) 1: 1000 tons 2: an explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tons of TNT
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KILOTON — kiloton BrE AmE ˈkɪl ə ʊ tʌn AmE \ -ə- ▷ kiloton|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KILOTON — n. (also kilotonne) a unit of explosive power equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KILOTON — n. (also kilotonne) a unit of explosive power equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KILOTON — n. (also kilotonne) a unit of explosive power equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT.
Oxford English vocab
KILOTON — килотонна, кт Kiloton
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KILOTON — килотонна, кт
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KILOTON — килотонна
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KILOTON — килотонна (воен.)
Англо-Русский словарь военных терминов
KILOTON — килотонна, кт Kiloton
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KILOTON — килотонна
Англо-Русский словарь
KILOTON — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ t ə n also - ˌ tän Function: noun Date: 1950 1 : 1000 tons 2 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KT — abbreviation kiloton
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ATOMIC BOMB — Weapon whose great explosive power results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission, of the nuclei …
Английский словарь Британика
KT — abbreviation 1. karat 2. kiloton 3. knight 4. knot
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KT. — 1. karat. 2. kiloton. 3. knot.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KT — kiloton
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KT — [kt] abbreviation karat, knight, knot KT abbreviation kiloton
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KILO- — [kilo-] comb form [F, modif. of Gk chilioi]: thousand "kiloton"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NUCLEAR WEAPON — also called atomic weapon, or thermonuclear weapon bomb or other warhead that derives its force from either the fission or …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRIDENT MISSILE — American-made submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that succeeded the Poseidon and Polaris missiles in the 1980s and '90s. Under development from …
Britannica English vocabulary
POLARIS MISSILE — first U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and the mainstay of the British nuclear deterrent force during the 1970s and '80s. …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEACEKEEPER MISSILE — , also called Mx, U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that entered service in 1986. Under development from 1971, the MX …
Britannica English vocabulary
MINUTEMAN MISSILE — intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that constituted most of the land-based nuclear arsenal of the United States from the 1960s. There …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUBKILOTON WEAPON — (*) A nuclear weapon producing a yield below one kiloton. See also kiloton weapon; megaton weapon; nominal weapon.
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
NUCLEAR YIELDS — The energy released in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, measured in terms of the kilotons or megatons of trinitrotoluene …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
КИЛОТОННА — kiloton kiloton
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