Meanings
nounmillibecquerel (plural millibecquerels)
plural millibecquerels
- One thousandth (10⁻³) of a becquerel.
A 55-fold rise in average millibecquerels (mBq) of Sr-90 per gram calcium at birth (7.4–408.1) took place for 1949–1950 births (before large-scale tests began) to 1964 births (just after the largest-scale bomb tests ended).
2003 December 30, Joseph J. Mangano, Jay M. Gould, Ernest J. Sternglass, Janette D. Sherman, William McDonnell, “An unexpected rise in strontium-90 in US deciduous teeth in the 1990s”, in Science of The Total Environment, number 317, →DOI, pages 37-51
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
- Latinmīlle
- Frenchmilli-
- Englishmilli-
- Englishbecquerel
- Englishmillibecquerel
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APA
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Chicago
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