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picocuries

picocuries is the plural of picocurie.

Meaning of picocurie

Noun

picocurie (plural picocuries)

  1. The unit of radioactivity equal to 10⁻¹² curie: symbol pCi.
    • Payne, then on loan to the tribal government, agreed to help a National Park Service ranger work on his water sampling technique. They tested 48 water sources around a national monument near Cameron. What they found appalled them. Uranium levels in the water at Cameron were as high as 139...2006 November 20, Judy Pasternak, “Oases in Navajo Desert Contained 'A Witch's Brew'”, in Los Angeles Times

Questions about picocuries

What is picocuries the plural of?
Picocuries is the plural of picocurie.

Words near picocuries in the dictionary

  1. picocellular
  2. picocoulomb
  3. picocoulombs
  4. picocrocin
  5. picocurie
  6. picocuries
  7. picocyanobacteria
  8. picocyanobacterial
  9. picocyanobacterium
  10. picodicistrovirus
  11. picodicistroviruses

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