"megavolt" meaning in English

See megavolt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: megavolts [plural], mega-volt [alternative]
Etymology: From mega- + volt. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mega-|volt}} mega- + volt Head templates: {{en-noun}} megavolt (plural megavolts)
  1. One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV. Derived forms: megavoltage

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mega-",
        "3": "volt"
      },
      "expansion": "mega- + volt",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mega- + volt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "megavolts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mega-volt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "megavolt (plural megavolts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with mega-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "megavoltage"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV."
      ],
      "id": "en-megavolt-en-noun-U3OOKp26",
      "links": [
        [
          "volt",
          "volt"
        ],
        [
          "MV",
          "MV"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "megavolt"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "megavoltage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mega-",
        "3": "volt"
      },
      "expansion": "mega- + volt",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mega- + volt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "megavolts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mega-volt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "megavolt (plural megavolts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with mega-",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "volt",
          "volt"
        ],
        [
          "MV",
          "MV"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "megavolt"
}

Download raw JSONL data for megavolt meaning in English (0.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.