MILLICURIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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)

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