# petaton

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From peta- + ton.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/petaton