megaohm

See also: mégaohm, mega-ohm, and méga-ohm

English

Alternative forms

• mega-ohm, megohm

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Hellenic *mégas

Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.

English mega-

English ohm

English megaohm

From mega- + ohm.

Noun

megaohm (plural megaohms)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of resistance equal to 10⁶ ohms. Symbol: MΩ

Translations

one million ohms

• Finnish: megaohmi
• French: mégaohm (fr) m, méga-ohm (fr) m, mégohm (fr) m
• Japanese: メガオーム (megaōmu)
• Portuguese: megaohm m
• Spanish: megaohm m

Anagrams

• hommage

Italian

Etymology

From mega- +‎ ohm.

Noun

megaohm m (invariable)

1. megaohm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɔm/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈɔm/ [ˌmɛ.ɣɐˈɔm]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈɔm/ [ˌmɛ.ɣɐˈɔm]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈɔm/

• Hyphenation: me‧ga‧ohm

Noun

megaohm m (plural megaohms)

1. megaohm (one million ohms)

Further reading

• “megaohm”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “megaohm”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026