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megasecond

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
megasec-ond
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An SI unit of time equal to 10⁶ seconds. Symbol: Ms. (= 11.5741 days)

Example Sentences

  • "Holonyms: fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond"
  • "Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week"

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

megaseconds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mul:Ms

Questions

What does megasecond mean?
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁶ seconds. Symbol: Ms. (= 11.5741 days)
Where does megasecond come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English second English megasecond From mega- + second.

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