zettaton

English

Etymology

From zetta- +‎ ton.

Noun

zettaton (plural zettatons)

  1. (rare, chiefly science fiction) A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb, based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
    Holonym: yottaton (rare)
    Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton < megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare)
  2. (rare, hyperbolic, figurative) A metric fuckton (of material or its weight).
    Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
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