Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petaton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peta-ton
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)"
"Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton"

Etymology

From peta- + ton.

Inflected Forms

petatons (plural)

Questions

What does petaton mean?: 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.
Where does petaton come from?: From peta- + ton.

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