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MHz

MHz

10 3.9
A unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per second
  • noun
  • /ˈɛmˌhɛts/
  • Specialized
translation icon : megahercio
  • Lastly, amplified PMT signals were digitally bandpass filtered at 80 MHz to reduce the effect of ringing.
  • MHz frequency
  • MHz clock
  • MHz channel

Examples

  • The ring oscillator operates at 200 MHz and provides five clock phases.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Each contains a Linux computer with a 700 MHz CPU, as well as motors and controllers.

    Academic text (2011)
  • FIGURE 5. DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNAL uses the 6 MHz channel almost to its information limit.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The design goal was 250 MHz or better at the card interface.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Tell them to try frequency 2-2-8-2.5 MHz.

  • On the frequency 92.3 MHz.

  • Designed to run at 350 MHz, the chip has five levels of connecting metal wires.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Intermagnetics General has given the lab $1 million toward its 900-MHz magnetic spectrometer project.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Two digital oscilloscopes, the 50-MHz TDS 310 and the 200-MHz TDS 350, are available.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 101.5 MHz.

Synonyms

megahertz
vsMHz
  • Specialized
9 3.7

A measure of how often something repeats that equals one million times each second

is the same unit shown as a compact symbol or abbreviation
Mc
vsMHz
  • Archaic
1 9.8

A unit for measuring radio frequency equal to one million cycles per second used in older radios

is the modern standard symbol that replaced that older abbreviation
megacycle per second
vsMHz
  • Archaic
6.2

A unit equal to one million cycles per second for measuring radio frequencies

is the same unit often presented as a short technical symbol
megacycle
vsMHz
  • Archaic
8.0

A unit of frequency meaning one million cycles in one second

is the modern standard term replacing that radio focused name

How Fast

THz
  • Specialized
7.5
Gc
  • Archaic
4 8.9
MHz
  • Specialized
10 3.9
kHz
  • Specialized
3 3.8
Hz
  • Specialized
7 3.7

Surface Forms

MHz singular
MHzs plural

Etymology

MHz is short for mega- and hertz, where mega- means 'million', as in megabyte, and hertz is named after a German scientist and means 'cycles per second'. So MHz means 'million cycles per second', which is why it measures radio and processor speed.