Definitions for megaton

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megaton meg·a·ton

Spelling: [meg-uh-tuhn]

IPA: /ˈmɛg əˌtʌn/

Megaton is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in megaton (aegmnot).

Definitions for megaton

noun

1. one million tons.
2. an explosive force equal to that of one million tons of TNT, as that of atomic or hydrogen bombs. Abbreviation: MT.

Origin of megaton

First recorded in 1950-55; mega- + ton¹

Examples for megaton

Larch put off another entertainment of small stuff, with a fifty megaton thermonuclear, viewscreen-piloted, among them.