As nouns the difference between terms and petaton
is that terms is while petaton is a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of tnt would be needed to produce the same energy.
terms
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petaton
English
Noun
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en noun)
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
Related terms
* kiloton
* megaton
* gigaton
* teraton
* exaton
* zettaton
* yottaton
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