The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Meg- \Meg-\ (m[e^]g-), Mega \Meg"a\ (m[e^]g"[.a]-), Megalo-
\Meg"a*lo-\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*l[-o]-). [Gr. me`gas, gen. mega`loy,
great.]
Combining forms signifying:
(a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm.
(b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A million times, a
million of; as, megabyte, a million butes; megawatt, a
million watts; megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a
million farads; megohm, a million ohms.
[1913 Webster +PJC] Megacephalic
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MEGA
MessdatenErfassung und Graphische Auswertung
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
mega-
/me'g@/, pref.
[SI] See quantifiers.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
prefix
atto-
exa-
femto-
giga-
kilo-
mega-
micro-
milli-
peta-
pico-
tera-
yocto-
yotta-
zepto
zetta-
1. An SI prefix used to multiply the value of an SI
(Système International) unit by some power of ten.
2. In mathematics or programming, a
prefix operator is one that is written before its operand. In
a programming language using prefix notation, all operators
are prefix operators.
(2014-07-08)