Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One million cycles per second. Used especially as a radio-frequency unit.
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- noun A unit equal to one-million cycles per second.
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- noun one million periods per second
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many fondly recall the megahertz race -- the 90s phenomena in which Advanced Micro Devices and Intel raced to have the highest-clocked processor.
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MR. ROHDE: Well, currently -- this is Greg from NTIA -- within the three bands identified by the World Radio Conference, it looks like it's only -- there's 100 megahertz which is 1755 to 1850.
Telephone Briefing On Third Generation Wireless Technology ITY National Archives 2000
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MHz (acronym for "megahertz"): A term used with the speed rating of processors used on these devices.
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MHz (acronym for "megahertz"): A term used with the speed rating of processors used on these devices.
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MHz (acronym for "megahertz"): A term used with the speed rating of processors used on these devices.
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MHz (acronym for "megahertz"): A term used with the speed rating of processors used on these devices.
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MHz (acronym for "megahertz"): A term used with the speed rating of processors used on these devices.
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Many people are out there, not least of whom are SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) looking on the megahertz level, when they should be redirecting their search back down to earth and to the extremely low frequency, before the mobile phone masts completely engulf us.
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The cell phone would pick up radio wave frequencies as low as 500 megahertz up to 10 gigahertz, which includes television broadcasts, microwave ovens, mobile phones, wireless LAN, bluetooth, GPS, and two-way radios.
Nokia Phone Charges by Drawing Energy Out of Thin Air | Inhabitat 2009
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He promised 500 megahertz of airwaves, which broadcast TV and radio companies had opposed.
FCC's Julius Genachowski struggles between roles of regulator, innovator Cecilia Kang 2010
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