microcuries

/ˈmaɪkroʊˌkjʊriz/
noun
  1. Plural of microcurie; multiple units of radioactivity equal to one millionth of a curie each.
    • They detected microcuries of contamination in the water sample.
    • The container held several microcuries of radioactive iodine.
    • The experiment required exactly 5 microcuries of the isotope.
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