noun
- a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
Usage: scientific; physics
Examples
- The radioactive sample measured 50 millicuries.
- Medical isotopes are often measured in millicuries for safety.
- The detector registered 2.5 millicuries of radiation.
- Laboratory workers must monitor exposure levels in millicuries.
- The nuclear medicine department uses sources of several millicuries.
- Radiation therapy requires precise millicurie calculations.