megohm

American  

[meg-ohm] / ˈmɛgˌoʊm /

noun

Electricity.

1. a unit of resistance, equal to one million ohms. MΩ; meg

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megohm British  

/ ˈmɛɡˌəʊm /

noun

1.  MΩ.  one million ohms

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Etymology

Origin of megohm

First recorded in 1865–70; meg- ( def. ) + ohm

Example Sentences

Convenient multiples and subdivisions of the ohm are the microhm and the megohm, the former being a millionth part of an ohm, and the latter a million ohms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various

Since ten thousand ohms is equal to one-hundredth of a megohm, the time-constant would be equal to one-ten-thousandth of a second, and ten times this time-constant would be equal to a thousandth of a second.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose

Specific resistance. ρ 1 ohm. ω 1 megohm.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various

When you get satisfactory operation in receiving by the grid-condenser method the leak will probably be somewhere between a megohm and two megohms.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

A million ohms, therefore, is called a megohm.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster