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Kiloton vs Subkiloton - What's the difference?

kiloton | subkiloton |

As a noun kiloton

is 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.

As an adjective subkiloton is

below one kiloton.

kiloton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • * That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.

    • Related terms

    * megaton * gigaton

    subkiloton

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Below one kiloton.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 15, author=David E. Sanger, title=North Korea Misses Important Deadline, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}