megameter

== English == === Etymology 1 === From French mégamètre. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtə/ (US) IPA(key): /mɛˈɡɐˌmɪtəɹ/, [mɛˈɡɐˌmɪɾɚ] ==== Noun ==== megameter (plural megameters) An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars. A micrometer.(Can we verify(+) this sense?) === Etymology 2 === From mega- (“one million”) + meter. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmɛɡəˌmiːtəɹ/ ==== Noun ==== megameter (plural megameters) US spelling of megametre. ===== Translations ===== === References === “megameter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Me-gam′e-ter”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC, page 1419, column 1. === Anagrams === megametre