{ Meg– (mĕg–), Meg″a (mĕg″ȧ–), Meg″a‐lo– (–lō̍–) }. [Gr. μέγασ, gen. μεγάλου, great.] Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm. (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.)A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.