Meanings
plural milliliters
- USalternativeAlternative spelling of millilitre.
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 875–8782 more examples
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 92In 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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-
- Englishliter
- Englishmilliliter
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Cite this entry
milliliter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milliliter
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