megahertz
pronunciation
How to pronounce megahertz in British English:
UK [ˈmegəhɜ:ts]
How to pronounce megahertz in American English:
US [ˈmegəhɜrts]
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- Noun:
- one million periods per second
Word Origin
- megahertz (n.)
- 1941, from mega- + Hertz.
Example
- 1. So how many megahertz does the brain run at ?
- 2. By contrast , the white space freed up below 700 megahertz is to be made available for unlicensed use by the public .
- 3. The most valuable frequencies of all-those in the 700 megahertz band ( channels 52 to 69 ) - have been auctioned off to mobile phone companies .
- 4. Future flight part11of12.communications revolution : get ready for more megahertz , and a phone in every cockpit .
- 5. The fcc thinks it can liven things up by giving wireless carriers a better chance to compete in the broadband business . To that end , it plans to release a further 500 megahertz of bandwidth over the next decade and auction it to the mobile carriers .