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megabit

/ˈmɛɡəbɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
megabit
IPA
/ˈmɛɡəbɪt/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).

noun

a mebibit.

noun

one megabit per second

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bit English megabit From mega- + bit.

Usage

Inflected Forms

megabits (plural)

Derived Forms

multimegabit submegabit

Frequently Paired Words

mebibyte megabyte kilobit gigabit

Synonyms

Mbps Mbit mb

Questions

How do you pronounce megabit?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/.
What does megabit mean?
One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).
Where does megabit come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bit English megabit From mega- + bit.

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