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Record 1 2015-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Radio Waves
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

One million hertz.

OBS

megacycle per second: deprecated. Use megahertz (MHz).

OBS

megacycle: one million cycles - obsolete term replaced by megahertz.

OBS

Mc: The lower case "m" is the recognized symbol for "milli," whereby "mega" is symbolized by a capital "M."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Acoustique (Physique)
OBS

mégahertz : multiple de l'hertz, unité de fréquence du système international; symbole : MHz [...]

OBS

mégacycle : terme employé à tort pour mégacycle par seconde, à remplacer par mégahertz.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
  • Acústica (Física)
DEF

Unidad de frecuencia que vale un millón de hertzios.

OBS

hertz: unidad de frecuencia. Una oscilación periódica tiene una frecuencia de n hertz si en un segundo realiza n ciclos.

OBS

megahercio: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la grafía "megahercio", castellanizada y en minúscula.

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