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teraton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-a-ton
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

noun

A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From tera- + ton.

Inflected Forms

teratons (plural)

Phrases

doomsday bomb

Frequently Paired Words

doomsday bomb

Questions

What does teraton mean?
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
Where does teraton come from?
From tera- + ton.

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