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Megaton vs Gigaton - What's the difference?

megaton | gigaton |

As nouns the difference between megaton and gigaton

is that megaton is 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 while gigaton is a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

megaton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * kiloton * megatonnage

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    gigaton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
  • One billion tons

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