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KILOTON [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Weapon Systems
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
DEF

A unit of explosive power equivalent to 1 000 tons of TNT [trinitrotoluene].

OBS

kiloton; Kt: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
DEF

Unité d'énergie des explosifs nucléaires, égale à l'énergie dégagée par l'explosion de 1 000 tonnes de T.N.T. (trinitrotoluène).

OBS

kilotonne; Kt : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A unit of weight, equal to 1 000 tons.

OBS

kilotonne; kt: designation and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory and the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de masse égale à mille tonnes.

OBS

kilotonne; kt : désignation et abréviation normalisées par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir et de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Unidad de masa que equivale a mil toneladas.

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