millicurie

[ mil-i-kyoor-ee, -kyoo-ree ]

noun

, Physics, Chemistry.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of millicurie¹

First recorded in 1905–10; milli- + curie

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

It took just a few minutes for the doctor to administer 100 millicuries of radioactive iodine, or I-131.

From Time

For every megaton of nuclear blast, roughly seven millicuries of tritium resulted.

From Scientific American

The scientists estimated that the entire kelp tissue on the surface at Corona del Mar contained about one millicurie.

From Scientific American

Hence in the week, we shall have about 130 millicuries.

From Project Gutenberg