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meg⋅a⋅hertz

[meg-uh-hurts]
–noun, plural -hertz, -hertz⋅es. Electricity.
a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz

Origin:
1940–45; mega- + hertz
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meg·a·hertz   (měg'ə-hûrts')   
n.   Abbr. MHz
One million cycles per second. Used especially as a radio-frequency unit. Also called megacycle.
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Cultural Dictionary

megahertz

One million cycles per second. Often used to indicate computer processing speed.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mega·hertz
Pronunciation: 'meg-&-"h&rts
Function: noun
: one million hertz —abbreviation MHz
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

megahertz meg·a·hertz (měg'ə-hûrts')
n.
Abbr. MHz
One million cycles per second. Used especially as a radio frequency unit. Also called megacycle.

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Computing Dictionary

MegaHertz
(MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors.
(1994-10-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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