milliliter
Americannoun
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A unit of liquid volume or capacity in the metric system equal to 0.001 liter.
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See Table at measurement
Etymology
Origin of milliliter
From the French word millilitre, dating back to 1800–10. See milli-, liter
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One of its air samplers, in Parcel C — collected 8.16 times 10‐15 picocuries per milliliter of Plutonium-239 — twice the established action level — according to a Navy spokesperson.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
People with hepatitis B have 100 million to 10 billion infectious particles per milliliter of blood, says Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious disease physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
A robot concentration of 7.5 milligrams per milliliter, the densest of four concentrations tested, captured approximately 80% of the bacteria.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
Newsom said a 10 milliliter vial of state-branded insulin would sell for $30.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
The results, presented in Table 6, show that the numbers of sperm between 10 and 90 million per milliliter did not influence the percentage of sperm that survived freezing.
From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by Friedman, M. E.
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