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meg

1 American  
Electricity.

  1. megohm; megohms.

meg 2 American  
[meg] / mɛg /

noun

  1. a megabyte.

Meg 3 American  
[meg] / mɛg /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Margaret.

MEG 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. magnetoencephalogram.

meg British  
/ mɛɡ /

noun

  1. informal short for megabyte

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Etymology

Origin of meg

First recorded in 1980–85; by shortening

Example Sentences

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“Molly has been searching for a meg because she knows how big they can be, and also how rare they are,” her mother, Alicia Sampson, said in an email to The Washington Post.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

Perhaps the only thing that can compete with a T. rex is a Carcharocles megalodon, the ancient and extinct shark known as the megalodon, or the meg.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2019

We are setting up an ID photo station for our community and the webcams, even the good ones, don’t even get to 1 meg.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018

The White House occasionally sends out for green and white agnolotti and nut meg sauce.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was getting to be sunset, so it was meg pretty.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

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