megavolt
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈmɛɡəˌvoʊlt/
- Specialized
:
megavoltio
- "All those power cables, the overhead lines going up the street, where they come together, those are relay terminals," she explained. "Our building is being zapped every day by megavolts of electric pollution.
Examples
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Membrane potential equals 1-2-2 megavolts.
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Several groups have successfully developed detectors and computer algorithms to accomplish these objectives with megavolt treatment machines.
Academic text (1995) -
The focus of the company's SMES product line is on power levels of 1 to 10 megavolt-amperes, the power range of prime interest to industrial users.
Academic text (1997) -
The nuclear power plant operates at a voltage of over 1000 megavolt to efficiently generate electricity.
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Researchers measured the electric potential of the storm clouds at 500 megavolt.
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A lightning bolt can discharge energy equivalent to millions of megavolt in a split second.
How High
- Specialized
1
5.2
- Specialized
1
5.4
- Specialized
1
5.1
- Specialized
83
4.1
- Specialized
1
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word megavolt is made of mega-, meaning 'million' as in megabyte, and volt, the unit named after the scientist Volta. So a megavolt is literally 'one million volts', which is why it means a very large voltage.