megacycle
- noun
- /ˈmɛɡəˌsaɪkəl/
- Archaic
:
megaciclo
- But if Nefertiti will tune her transponder to fifteen hundred megacycles, a beacon will guide us to an entry lock.
Examples
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Nefertiti, you will please follow the homing beacon on fifteen hundred megacycles.
Fiction book (1991) -
"This boosts the power of that seven megacycle oscillation to about twenty-five watts.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eight point seven-six-five megacycles at one, three, five, nine.
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...point seven-six-five megacycles at one, three, five, nine.
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...six-five megacycles at one, three, five, nine.
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- Tanaka, listen in on 410 megacycles.
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After we have recovered the container... and verified its contents... you will be notified on radio frequency 16.23 megacycles... where the atomic bombs may be recovered.
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The radio station broadcasts at 98.5 megacycles, making it easy to tune in.
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Scientists discovered a new signal frequency around 620 megacycles that enhances communication.
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Many ham radio enthusiasts operate at various megacycles to avoid interference.
Synonyms
10
3.9
A unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per second
9
3.7
A measure of how often something repeats that equals one million times each second
1
9.8
A unit for measuring radio frequency equal to one million cycles per second used in older radios
A unit equal to one million cycles per second for measuring radio frequencies
Compounds
- Archaic
A unit equal to one million cycles per second for measuring radio frequencies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Megacycle comes from the parts mega- and cycle. The mega- part means 'large' and in measurement it means 'a million', and cycle means 'a single turn or wave', like in bicycle where it means 'wheel'. So, a megacycle is 'a million cycles per second', which is why radios and electronics used this unit.