"megahertz" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megahertz [plural], megahertzes [plural]
Etymology: mega- + hertz Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mega|hertz}} mega- + hertz Head templates: {{en-noun|megahertz|+}} megahertz (plural megahertz or megahertzes)
  1. A unit equal to one million cycles per second. Categories (topical): SI units Synonyms: MHz [abbreviation] Translations (one million cycles per second): مِيغَاهِرْتِز (miḡahirtiz) [masculine] (Arabic), 兆赫 (zhàohè) (Chinese Mandarin), 兆赫茲 (Chinese Mandarin), 兆赫兹 (zhàohèzī) (Chinese Mandarin), megahertz [masculine] (Czech), megahertsi (Finnish), μεγαχέρτζ (megachértz) [neuter] (Greek), megahertz [masculine] (Italian), メガヘルツ (megaherutsu) (Japanese), 메가헤르츠 (megahereucheu) (Korean), megahertz [masculine] (Portuguese), megahertz [masculine] (Romanian), мегаге́рц (megagérc) [masculine] (Russian), мегахерц [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), megaherc [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), megahertz [common-gender] (Swedish), mêga Hertz (Vietnamese)

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