MHZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MHz mean? 

• MHZ (noun)
  The noun MHZ has 1 sense:

1. one million periods per second

  Familiarity information: MHZ used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MHZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One million periods per second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Mc; megacycle; megacycle per second; megahertz; MHz

Hypernyms ("MHz" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Meronyms (parts of "MHz"):

kc; kHz; kilocycle; kilocycle per second; kilohertz (one thousand periods per second)

 Context examples 

Such dips occur at wavelengths between 65 megahertz (MHz) and 95 MHz, overlapping with some of the most widely used frequencies on the FM radio dial, as well as booming radio waves emanating naturally from the Milky Way galaxy.

(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)