millilitre

See also: mil·lilitre

English

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Etymology

From milli- +‎ litre, from French millilitre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

millilitre (plural millilitres)

  1. (British spelling) A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.
    Holonyms: litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
    Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre
    • 2012, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 79:
      A smaller mammal such as a dog has a sperm concentration of 300 000 000 per millilitre in an ejaculate of 8 ml in volume. Thus, each ejaculate will contain only 2 400 000 000 (24 × 108).
    • 2012, Lesley Campbell, Alan L. Rubin, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies, Australian Edition[1], page 117:
      One serve of carbohydrates is approximately equal to a slice of bread, a piece of fruit, third of a cup of cooked rice, half a cup of grains, cereals, starchy vegetables or cooked pasta, 200 grams of plain yoghurt, or 300 millilitres of milk.

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French

Etymology

From milli- +‎ litre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.li.litʁ/
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  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

millilitre m (plural millilitres)

  1. millilitre, milliliter (0.001 litre)

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