megabase
noun
megabase is a noun meaning “A length of nucleic acid containing one million nucleotides (bases if single-stranded, base pairs if double-stranded)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-G-A-B-A-S-E, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of megabase is megabases.
What does megabase mean?
noun
- 1
A length of nucleic acid containing one million nucleotides (bases if single-stranded, base pairs if double-stranded)
- 2
A very large player-built structure where the player lives.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of megabase
- megabases plural
- mega base
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is megabase?
Megabase appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate megabase?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of megabase: Mb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megabase in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mégabase |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does megabase come from?
From mega- + base.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).