milliliter

CEFRB1

/mˈɪləˌlitər/

noun

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In plain English

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    noun

    A unit of liquid volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.

Examples

  • The average sperm count is around 1,500 sperm per milliliter.

  • 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.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
1
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

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In context
  • The following day, nonattached cells were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in growth medium at a density of 1 × 10⁷ per milliliter.

  • 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.

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The nurse measured exactly one blank of the liquid medicine for the patient.

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Origin

noun

From milli- + liter.