milliliter

[ mil-uh-lee-ter ]

noun

1. a unit of capacity equal to one thousandth of a liter, and equivalent to 0.033815 fluid ounce, or 0.061025 cubic inch. : ml

milliliter

/ mĭl′ə-lē′tər /

1. A unit of liquid volume or capacity in the metric system equal to 0.001 liter.
2. See Table at measurement

Word History and Origins

Origin of milliliter¹

From the French word millilitre, dating back to 1800–10. See milli-, liter

Example Sentences

Dogs require 60 to 80 milliliters of water per kilogram of body weight and cats require 40 to 60 milliliters of water per kilogram of body weight, according to Bernstein.

From Los Angeles Times

Patients applied 5 milliliters of the drug combo between their shoulder blades every day for a year-and-a-half.

From Salon

Using a mere one-thousandth of a milliliter of blood from each time point, the scientists thought they would see a jump in autoantibodies as the first symptoms of MS appeared.

From Science Daily

This genomic technique involved collecting reef water samples, where there are about 1 million microbial cells in every milliliter, and sequencing the microbial DNA in the samples to identify microorganisms.

From Science Daily

For participants born in the 1930s, the average volume was 1,234 milliliters, but for those born in the 1970s, the volume was 1,321 milliliters, or about 6.6% greater volume.

From Science Daily