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milliroentgen

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milliroentgen (mr, mR)
[mil′irent′gən, -jən]
Etymology: L, mille, thousand; Wilhelm K. Roentgen
a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a roentgen. See also roentgen.
milliroentgen (mR) [mil´ĭ-rent″gen]
one thousandth (10−3) of a roentgen.
milliroentgen (mil´irent´gn),
n a submultiple of the roentgen, equal to one thousandth of a roentgen.
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In addition, Soviet officials reported that by May 5, radiation levels at Chernobyl had been reduced "by two- to three-fold' since April 27, to 10 to 15 milliroentgens per hour--an hourly exposure that would be equivalent to one-half to two-thirds of a chest X-ray.
Chernobyl: emerging data on accident by Silberner, Joanne / Science News
 
 
 
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