"megafan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megafans [plural]
Etymology: mega- + fan Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mega|fan}} mega- + fan Head templates: {{en-noun}} megafan (plural megafans)
  1. (geology) A very large mass of clastic sediment deposited by a laterally mobile river system that fans out from the outlet from a large mountainous drainage network. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-megafan-en-noun-na8IdoGN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 48 52 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (informal) An obsessively enthusiastic fan. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Fans (people) Synonyms (extreme fan): stan, superfan, trufan, uberfan
    Sense id: en-megafan-en-noun-NjjX9pNu Disambiguation of Fans (people): 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'extreme fan': 28 72

Inflected forms

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