"megaohm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megaohms [plural], mega-ohm [alternative], megohm [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English ohm English megaohm From mega- + ohm. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mega-|ohm|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English ohm English megaohm [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*méǵh₂s", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*mégas", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μέγᾰς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mega-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ohm", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "megaohm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="megaohm"> From mega- + ohm. Head templates: {{en-noun}} megaohm (plural megaohms)
  1. (metrology) An SI unit of resistance equal to 10⁶ ohms. Symbol: MΩ Translations (one million ohms): megaohmi (Finnish), mégaohm [masculine] (French), méga-ohm [masculine] (French), mégohm [masculine] (French), メガオーム (megaōmu) (Japanese), megaohm [masculine] (Portuguese), megaohm [masculine] (Spanish)

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