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Answer for the clue "High frequency range, say, penetrating mum - is sore in the ears ", 9 letters:
megahertz

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Megahertz may refer to: 1,000,000 Hertz (the SI unit of frequency) Megahertz (horse) , a Thoroughbred racehorse Megahertz (record producer) , American record producer, composer and songwriter

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1941, from mega- + Hertz .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A unit equal to one million cycles per second.

Usage examples of megahertz.

Tornados create an electrical disturbance somewhere in the 55 megahertz range, close to the frequency band assigned to channel 2.

They evidently use a frequency modulation of megahertz electromagnetic radiation.

Among those special chips is the CYPRIS microprocessor, designed to operate at 40 megahertz and able to obtain nearly 35 MIPS (million instructions per second).

And 60,080 megaHertz was the frequency of Blackjack Goring pirate radio network!

We can listen in on cellular calls with my Radio Shack Pro-46 scanner - I altered its megahertz range with a soldering gun - or maybe listen to some crank calls I have on tape - hack a few passwords.

We can listen in on cellular calls with my Radio Shack Pro-46 scanner-I altered its megahertz range with a soldering gun- or maybe listen to some crank calls I have on tape-hack a few passwords.

The scanner could not detect broadcasts from two-way radios, such as those used by the police and taxi drivers, which operated on a UHF frequency in the range of four-hundred megahertz.

Over a period of years most of the cats were treed, tranquilized and fitted with durable plastic collars that emitted a regular electronic signal on a frequency of 150 megahertz.