Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One million volts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A unit equal to one million volts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One million ( 106 )
volts , abbreviated asMV .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A megavolt per meter of churning electrical vortex snatches at him.
Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984
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The site has its own substation providing 90 megavolt-amperes of electrical power, or enough to supply a city of 400,000 people, the company said.
ARN News 2010
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The use of frequent image guidance with KV (kilovolt) or MV (megavolt) computertomography (CT) can reduce set-up deviations, and treatment in prone position can be done with a higher set-up accuracy.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Carmen Stromberger 2010
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In addition, it will have a 300 megavolt cargo capacity that can be increased in later stages.
Panama Guide 2009
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The ship's 95 megavolt power output is enough to light a city the size of Southampton.
The Mail Buoy 2008
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High-energy radiotherapy is "radiotherapy using high-energy (megavolt or higher) ionizing radiation.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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