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megavolt
Word definitions for megavolt in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One million ( 10 6 ) volts, abbreviated as MV.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Megavolt \Meg`a*volt"\, n. [Mega- + volt.] (Elec.) One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
:*A megavolt is 1 million volts in electronics and physics. Mega- is a prefix in the International System of Units . :* Megavolt is a villain in the Disney animated series Darkwing Duck . :* Megavolt is a villain in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1868, from mega- + volt .
Usage examples of megavolt.
He was supercharged with violence, like a high-tension power line, and if we cut through his insulation, either by insulting him or talking back or giving the slightest indication that we thought ourselves superior to him, he would deliver a megavolt assault that we would never forget.
The government expended several billion megavolts sending that man back for me, and those megavolts account for all paradoxes.
What if he knew the exact part it had played in terms of megavolts and amperages and so forthwould the knowledge be the slightest use to him in this impossible situation?
Then they encircled Jekyll Island with 1,500 megavolts of electrified privacy and built their energy plant.
Tesla was obsessed by high voltages, high frequencies, and high power--his Colorado Springs laboratory generated 12 megavolts, at currents reported to be over a kiloamp.
Local Comprise staggered up, backs arching as if galvanized with megavolts of raw power, eyes blind, lips curling back from savage teeth.
What if he knew the exact part it had played in terms of megavolts and amperages and so forth—would the knowledge be the slightest use to him in this impossible situation?