giganewton
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton"
- "Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton < newton < kilonewton < meganewton"
- "For example, the as-received 203-micrometer (7.98-mil) fibers had an average tensile strength of 3.59 giganewtons per square meter (521 ksi) with a coefficient of variation of 23.5 percent."
- "The following values have been calculated for femurs, in units of square metres per giganewton, where 1 giganewton = 10⁹ newtons, and with body mass given in tonnes, where 1 tonne = 10³ kilograms."
- "If the fibres are all aligned in one direction, it is quite easy to achieve a modulus of 50 GN/m² and a tensile strength of 600 MN/m², although the shear modulus is at best only a few giganewtons per square metre."
- "what does a giganewton do to an asteroid in the order of magnitude say 1/100 of a planet (otherwise it would have no impact at the planet)."
Etymology
From giga- + newton.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: giga
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
mul:GN