1. a unit of electrical potential equal to one million volts
Usage: technical

Examples

• The power line carries electricity at 500 megavolts.
• Lightning can generate several megavolts of electrical potential.
• The laboratory’s equipment operates at 2.5 megavolts.
• High-voltage transmission lines typically use megavolt levels.
• The particle accelerator requires 10 megavolts to function properly.
• Engineers measured the output at 1.2 megavolts.