Milliliter Meaning
/mˈɪləˌlitər/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAlternative form of millilitre.
nounAlternative spelling of millilitre.
Sentence Examples
The average sperm count is around 1,500 sperm per milliliter.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse measured exactly one ____ of the liquid medicine for the patient.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The chemistry student used a pipette to carefully measure out one ____ of the clear blue liquid for the titration experiment.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English liter English milliliter From milli- + liter.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A slurry of 10 grams of powder in 100 milliliters distilled water was carried on a cotton swab and the panels scrubbed until free from waterbreak when rinsed."
— 1960, American Electroplaters' Society, Proceedings of the Convention, page 92:
"The following day, nonattached cells were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in growth medium at a density of 1 × 10⁷ per milliliter."
— 2001 February 2, Richard J. Fisher et al., “Control of Fusion Pore Dynamics During Exocytosis by Munc18”, in Science, volume 291, number 5505, →DOI, pages 875–878:
"In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter."
— 2007 November 20, Aliyah Baruchin, “Twins on a Medical Odyssey After a Diagnosis of Diabetes”, in The New York Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse measured exactly one ____ of the liquid medicine for the patient.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The chemistry student used a pipette to carefully measure out one ____ of the clear blue liquid for the titration experiment.