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petaton

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English

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Etymology

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From peta- +‎ ton.

Noun

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petaton (plural petatons)

  1. 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.
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Noun

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petaton

  1. accusative singular present nominal passive participle of peti