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noun
A unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation equal to 10−3 grays
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslom Proto-Indo-European *-ih2 Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéslih2 Proto-Indo-European *smih2ǵhéslih2 Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English gray English milligray From milli- + gray.
