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Noun: megaelectron volt
  1. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of one million electron volts
    "The particle accelerator operated at energies of several megaelectron volts";
    - MeV

Derived forms: megaelectron volts

Type of: energy unit, heat unit, work unit