Mega

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meg- \Meg-\ (m[e^]g-), Mega \Meg"a\ (m[e^]g"[.a]-), Megalo-
  \Meg"a*lo-\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*l[-o]-). [Gr. me`gas, gen. mega`loy,
     great.]
     Combining forms signifying:
     (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm.
     (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A million times, a


         million of; as, megabyte, a million butes; megawatt, a
         million watts; megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a
         million farads; megohm, a million ohms.
         [1913 Webster +PJC] Megacephalic

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  MEGA
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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  mega- /me'g*/ pref. [SI] See {{quantifiers}}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  mega-
       
          {prefix}