meg1
- megohm; megohms.
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meg2
[meg]Informal.
- a megabyte.
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Meg
[meg]
- a female given name, form of Margaret.
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mega-
- variant of megalo- (megalith); also the initial element in units of measure that are equal to one million of the units denoted by the base word (megahertz). Symbol: M
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Also especially before a vowel, meg-.
Origin of mega-
combining form representing Greek mégas large, great
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Contemporary Examples
A few weeks later, Valentino and her pal, an aspiring actress named Meg Foster, met Cosby again at Café Figaro.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004Marlow Stern
November 24, 2014
How did you arrive at Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan for the roles of Harry and Sally?
‘When Harry Met Sally’ Turns 25: Director Rob Reiner Reveals the Secrets of the Romcom ClassicMarlow Stern
July 14, 2014
And then Meg sat down and did it, and she did it way better than anyone could have done.
‘When Harry Met Sally’ Turns 25: Director Rob Reiner Reveals the Secrets of the Romcom ClassicMarlow Stern
July 14, 2014
Was there anyone else you thought of for the roles of Harry and Sally besides Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan?
‘When Harry Met Sally’ Turns 25: Director Rob Reiner Reveals the Secrets of the Romcom ClassicMarlow Stern
July 14, 2014
But I crossed that bridge and we agreed to do it, and then we held auditions and Meg read with Billy.
‘When Harry Met Sally’ Turns 25: Director Rob Reiner Reveals the Secrets of the Romcom ClassicMarlow Stern
July 14, 2014
Historical Examples
I went to Meg Van Dam, who had long urged me to pay her a visit.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Meg paced the floor a minute, then slapped herself into a chair.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
I dashed into my room but Meg's staccato reached me even there.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Perhaps I shouldn't have let her talk so about Meg, but, after all, she told me nothing new.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Meg, at sixteen, had received so little from life that her expectations were of the humblest.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
meg
- informal short for megabyte
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mega-
- denoting 10 6megawatt Symbol: M
- (in computer technology) denoting 2 20 (1 048 576)megabyte
- large or greatmegalith
- informal great in importance or amountmegastar
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Word Origin
from Greek megas huge, powerful
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Word Origin and History for meg
Meg
fem. proper name; before the late 20c. rise in popularity of Megan it typically was a pet form of Margaret, and was "used dial. to indicate a hoyden, coarse woman, etc." [OED]
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mega-
before vowels meg-, word-forming element often meaning "large, great," but in precise scientific language "one million" (megaton, megawatt, etc.), from Greek megas "great, large, vast, big, high, tall; mighty, important" (fem. megale), from PIE *meg- "great" (cf. Latin magnus, Old English micel; see mickle). Mega began to be used alone as an adjective by 1982.
High-speed computer stores 2.5 megabits [headline in "Electronics" magazine, Oct. 1, 1957]
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
mega-
- Large:megacephaly.
- One million (106):megahertz.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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mega-
- A prefix that means:
- Large, as in megadose, a large dose.
- One million, as in megahertz, one million hertz.
- 220 (that is, 1,048,576), which is the power of 2 closest to a million, as in megabyte.
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