Meanings
adjectivemegascale (comparative more megascale, superlative most megascale)
comparative more megascale · superlative most megascale · alternative mega-scale
- Extremely large-scale
nounmegascale (uncountable)
alternative mega-scale
- uncountableA very large scale used, for example, in astronomy
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
- Proto-Hellenic*mégas
- Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
- Englishmega-
- Proto-Indo-European*skend-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
- Proto-Italic*skand-slā
- Latinscāla
- Middle Englishscale
- Englishscale
- Englishmegascale
Translations
Italian megascala
- megascalaTranslations
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APA
megascale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megascale
MLA
“megascale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megascale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megascale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megascale.
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