Word: megacuries
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ga
cur
ies
Definition: Plural of megacurie; a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910
Morphemes:
Affix: mega-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μέγας
Language: grc
Decoded: megas
Meaning: great, large, mighty
Affix: curie
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: curie
Language: fr
Decoded: curie
PoS: Noun
Meaning: curie
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.