subkiloton en · ADJ
Etymology
From sub- + kiloton.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Below 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: