noun
- plural of millicurie; units of measurement for 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 several millicuries of radiation.
- Laboratory procedures require tracking millicuries of radioactive material.
- The nuclear medicine department ordered 100 millicuries of the isotope.
- Safety protocols limit exposure to millicuries of radioactive substances.