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MEGATON [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

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

One million tons or tonnes ...

OBS

megatonne; Mt: term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de masse valant un million de tonnes.

OBS

mégatonne; Mt : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-06-20

English

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

An explosive force equivalent to that of a million tons of trinitrololuene.

OBS

megaton; MT: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Unité de mesure de la puissance destructrice des bombes atomiques, équivalant à celle d'un million de tonnes de T.N.T. (trinitrotoluène).

OBS

mégatonne; MT : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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