Meanings
adjectivesubkiloton (not comparable)
- not comparableBelow one kiloton.
The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North.
2007 April 15, David E. Sanger, “North Korea Misses Important Deadline”, in New York Times
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
subkiloton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subkiloton
MLA
“subkiloton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subkiloton. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subkiloton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subkiloton.
Source: subkiloton on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.