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millicurie

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mil·li·cu·rie (ml-kyr)
n. Abbr. mCi
A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a curie.
millicurie (mCi, mc)
[-koo͡r′ē]
Etymology: L, mille, thousand; Marie Curie
a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie, or 3.70 × 107 disintegrations per second. See also curie.
millicurie,
n one thousandth of a curie.
millicurie
a non-SI unit of radioactivity; one-thousandth (10−3) of a curie. The quantity of radioactive material in which the number of disintegrations of nuclei is 3.7×107 per second; abbreviated mCi. Now replaced by the becquerel.


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