noun
- a unit of frequency equal to one million hertz, used especially to measure radio waves and computer processing speeds
Usage: technical
Examples
- The radio station broadcasts at 101.5 megahertz.
- This computer processor runs at 3.2 megahertz.
- The frequency is measured in megahertz.
- FM radio operates in the 88 to 108 megahertz range.
- The device can handle signals up to 50 megahertz.
- Scientists detected radio waves at 1420 megahertz from space.