/ English Dictionary |
MILLICURIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("millicurie" is a kind of...):
radioactivity unit (a measure of radioactivity)
Holonyms ("millicurie" is a part of...):
Ci; curie (a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second)