megahertz

[ meg-uh-hurts ]

noun

, Electricity.

, plural meg·a·hertz, meg·a·hertz·es.

1. a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. : MHz

megahertz

/ ˈmɛɡəˌhɜːts /

noun

1. one million hertz; one million cycles per second MHz Former namemegacycle

megahertz

/ mĕg′ə-hûrts′ /

1. A unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per second, or one million hertz.

megahertz

1. One million cycles per second. Often used to indicate computer processing speed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of megahertz¹

First recorded in 1940–45; mega- + hertz

Example Sentences

Cellcom gets about 10.5 megahertz of spectrum; Jawwal about 4.8 (spectrum, too, is a "security" asset).

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