megohm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of megohm
First recorded in 1865–70; meg- ( def. ) + ohm
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A million ohms, therefore, is called a megohm.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
Shunt 1/2 to 2 megohm grid leak resistance around the fixed condenser and then connect the second post of the variable condenser to one terminal of the detector tube filament.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins
Specific resistance. ρ 1 ohm. ω 1 megohm.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
Convenient multiples and subdivisions of the ohm are the microhm and the megohm, the former being a millionth part of an ohm, and the latter a million ohms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
When you get satisfactory operation in receiving by the grid-condenser method the leak will probably be somewhere between a megohm and two megohms.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by John Mills
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