larger than life vs mega-

larger than life

adj
  • Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case. 

  • Usually of a person: very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential. 

mega-

prefix
  • Very large, great. 

  • Really, very, uber-, super-. 

  • 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. 

  • Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹³ × 5³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million). 

  • Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi. 

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