Measurement unit: mega hertz

Full name: megahertz

Symbol: MHz

Alternate spelling: megafrequency

Category type: frequency

Scale factor: 1000000




SI unit: hertz

The SI derived unit for frequency is the hertz.
1 hertz is equal to 1.0E-6 mega hertz.



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Definition: Megahertz

The SI prefix "mega" represents a factor of 106, or in exponential notation, 1E6.

So 1 megahertz = 106 .

The definition of a hertz is as follows:

The hertz (symbol Hz) is the SI unit of frequency. It is named in honour of the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz who made some important contributions to science in the field of electromagnetism.


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