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mega

mega

3.4
A word part at the start of a word meaning one million
  • other
  • /ˈmɛɡə/
  • Specialized
: mega
  • You know the prefixes kilo and mega and giga and Terra.

And he coined some terms, Kilo cyborgs with thousands of entities, mega cyborgs, millions, Giga cyborgs with billions.

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Examples

  • Someone was confused about how mega joules and kilowatt hours are related.

  • And he coined some terms, Kilo cyborgs with thousands of entities, mega cyborgs, millions, Giga cyborgs with billions.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • So BTU is another unit of energy or a mega BTU.

  • All right, now the wool's on the roof with the antenna about two mega norms tall.

  • It has an IO mega zip drive in addition to its floppy drive.

  • So basically they gave these genetically mutated mice a mega dose of urolithin A.

  • Remember it goes kilo mega giga Terra in powers of three terawatt hour.

  • Now people will try and sell you anything... a TV monitor that plain as day looks like shit, but they tout it as "ultra mega triple hi-def" whatever.

    Vox Lux (2018)

  • These numbers are in mega joules per kilo mole or you or say kilo joules per mole.

  • The power plant generates a total of five hundred megawatts of electricity.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Mega as a prefix comes from an old Greek word meaning 'great' and is used before words like megabyte and megawatt to mean 'one million'. So mega- tells you there are a million of those units.