millicurie

American

[mil-i-kyoor-ee, -kyoo-ree] / ˈmɪl ɪˌkyʊər i, -kyʊˌri /

noun

Physics, Chemistry.

a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie; 3.70 × 10 7 disintegrations per second. mCi, mc

Etymology

Origin of millicurie

First recorded in 1905–10; milli- + curie

Example Sentences

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The needle � a powerful 50 millicurie source, 500,000 times what can be safely left in the body for a lifetime�had broken off in Joke's nasopharynx.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he informed Fermi by letter that his machine had produced a millicurie of radioactive sodium, Fermi scoffed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

When he “tactfully” corrected Lawrence by return mail, Lawrence replied with a letter in which was enclosed, sure enough, a millicurie of Na-24.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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