millilitre

Definitions

A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.

UK

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonyms: litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre”

“Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre”

“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).”

“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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