Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth (10−3) of a curie.
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- noun The
unit ofradioactivity equal to one thousandth of acurie : symbolmCi .
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- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
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Examples
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I also built a transistorized Geiger counter to perform experiments with a radioactive sample of 0.1 millicurie of Mesothorium which
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A millicurie or tow would be a serious amount, and that would be 10,000 times a tenth of a microcurie on there.
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Dose Calculation: No. of milligrams or millicurie in implant Location of each source with respect to dose calculation point Type of isotope being used Filtration of the encapsulation
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"Mmmm .. we weren't required by law to follow every millicurie of X-fuel, since it isn't classed as potentially suitable for mass weapons.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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"Mmmm .. we weren't required by law to follow every millicurie of X-fuel, since it isn't classed as potentially suitable for mass weapons.
The Man Who Sold The Moon Heinlein, Robert A. 1953
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"If Lantheus Medical Imaging can meet 100 per cent of our needs, a per (millicurie) surcharge for technetium will not apply.
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