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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMegahertz
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mey-gah-herts
"Der Sender sendet mit einer Frequenz von 101,5 Megahertz."
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A unit of frequency equal to one million hertz (one million cycles per second).
"The local radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 101.5 megahertz." - 2
A measure used to specify the clock speed of computer processors.
"Early personal computers operated at speeds measured in megahertz before gigahertz became standard."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek 'megas' meaning great or large, combined with the surname of Heinrich Hertz, the German physicist who conclusively proved the existence of electromagnetic waves. The unit was officially adopted in the mid-20th century to replace the older term 'megacycles per second'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Megahertz" is said worldwide
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mégahertz
Transliteration: mey-ga-hertz
"La station émet sur une fréquence de cent un virgule cinq mégahertz."
Megahertz
Transliteration: mey-gah-herts
"Der Sender sendet mit einer Frequenz von 101,5 Megahertz."
megahertz
Transliteration: me-ga-hertz
"La radio trasmette a una frequenza di cento uno virgola cinque megahertz."
megahertz
Transliteration: me-ga-hertz
"La emisora transmite a una frecuencia de 101,5 megahercios."
megahertz
Transliteration: me-ga-hertz
"A estação transmite a uma frequência de 101,5 megahertz."
मेगाहर्ट्ज
Transliteration: megahartjz
"यह रेडियो स्टेशन 101.5 मेगाहर्ट्ज की आवृत्ति पर प्रसारित होता है।"
兆赫
Transliteration: zhào hè
"该广播电台的广播频率为101.5兆赫。"
메가헤르츠
Transliteration: mega-hereucheu
"라디오 방송국은 101.5 메가헤르츠 주파수로 송출합니다."
メガヘルツ
Transliteration: megahaerutsu
"そのラジオ局は101.5メガヘルツの周波数で放送しています。"
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