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PRONUNCIATION OF KILOCURIE

kilocurie  [ˈkɪləˌkjʊərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KILOCURIE

noun
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Kilocurie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KILOCURIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Curie

The curie is a non-SI unit of radioactivity, named after Marie and Pierre Curie. It is defined as 1 Ci = 3.7 × 1010 decays per second. While its continued use is discouraged by NIST and other bodies, the curie is widely used throughout the US government and industry. One curie is roughly the activity of 1 gram of the radium isotope 226Ra, a substance studied by the Curies. The SI derived unit of radioactivity is the becquerel, which equates to one decay per second. Therefore: 1 Ci = 3.7 × 1010 Bq = 37 GBq = 37.000.000.000 atoms decaying per second and 1 Bq ≅ 2.703 × 10−11 Ci Another commonly used measure of radioactivity is the microcurie: 1 μCi = 3.7 × 104 disintegrations per second = 2.22 × 106 disintegrations per minute A radiotherapy machine may have roughly 1000 Ci of a radioisotope such as caesium-137 or cobalt-60. This quantity of radioactivity can produce serious health effects with only a few minutes of close-range, unshielded exposure. Ingesting even a millicurie is usually fatal. For example, the LD-50 for ingested polonium-210 is 240 μCi. The typical human body contains roughly 0.

Definition of kilocurie in the English dictionary

The definition of kilocurie in the dictionary is a unit used in measuring radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KILOCURIE


curie
ˈkjʊərɪ
decury
ˈdɛkjʊərɪ
Dioscuri
ˌdaɪɒsˈkjʊərɪ
estuary
ˈɛstjʊərɪ
fury
ˈfjʊərɪ
January
ˈdʒænjʊərɪ
megacurie
ˈmeɡəˌkjʊərɪ
microcurie
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkjʊərɪ
micromicrocurie
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈmaɪkrəʊˌkjʊərɪ
millicurie
ˈmɪlɪˌkjʊərɪ
Newry
ˈnjʊərɪ
obituary
əˈbɪtjʊərɪ
ossuary
ˈɒsjʊərɪ
picocurie
ˈpiːkəʊˌkjʊərɪ
residuary
rɪˈzɪdjʊərɪ
sanctuary
ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ
statuary
ˈstætjʊərɪ
sumptuary
ˈsʌmptjʊərɪ
Urey
ˈjʊərɪ
Venturi
vɛnˈtjʊərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KILOCURIE

kilo
kilobar
kilobase
kilobaud
kilobit
kilobyte
kilocalorie
kilocycle
kilogauss
kilogram
kilogram calorie
kilogramme
kilogray
kilohertz
kilojoule
kilolitre
kilometre
kilometric
kilometrical
kilomole

WORDS THAT END LIKE KILOCURIE

barrie
batterie
brasserie
brie
calorie
courie
Erie
Joliot-Curie
Kyrie
librairie
lingerie
lourie
Lurie
Marie
pourie
prairie
scourie
seigneurie
signeurie
tourie

Synonyms and antonyms of kilocurie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kilocurie» into 25 languages

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kilocurie
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Kilokurie
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kilocurie
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kilocurie
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Kilocurie
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kilocurie
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Kilocurie
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kilocurie
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kilocurie
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kilocurie
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kilocurie
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Trends of use of kilocurie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KILOCURIE»

The term «kilocurie» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.098 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KILOCURIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kilocurie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kilocurie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kilocurie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KILOCURIE»

Discover the use of kilocurie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kilocurie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A 5-kilocurie Cobalt-60 Large Animal Irradiation Facility
The effects of high intensity gamma radiation of large animals can be studied in a 5000 curie Co60 facility that provides 4800 roentgens per hour at one meter from the source.
William J. Walker, Francis J. Connolly, Frank S. Dombek, 1968
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Chemical Dosimetry of the Usael 3.5 Kilocurie Cobalt 60 ...
Results are reported on the calibration of the 3.5 kilocurie cobalt 60 irradiation source recently installed at USAEL, using ferrous sulfate chemical dosimetry. (Author).
Carol K. Pearce, Joseph E Ellison (Jr), ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTH N J., 1964
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The Quality and Stability of Canned Meats: A Symposium
10-kilocurie gamma source. The original one-kilocurie source received by the Fission Products Laboratory has been useful in exploratory studies but has limited use because of the small size of the opening. No commercial size tin can would ...
Robert G. Tischer, James M. Blair, Martin S. Peterson, 1954
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Acronyms, Initialisms, ...
Computer Programming. kc kilocurie. For further details see under: kCi. KC KinglElCounsel. KC Kiting Cheek. KC Knights of Columbus. The Knights of Christopher Columbus are members of a fraternal society of Roman Catholic men.
Fioretta. Benedetto Mattia, 2003
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The Michigan Technic
The most powerful source of gamma radiation (10 kilocurie of Cobalt 60) available in any non-governmental laboratory was acquired. 3. Construction was started on the Alice Lloyd Radiation Therapy Laboratory, in which the effectiveness of ...
‎1952
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The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the ...
... uses of the waste materials which are products of nuclear reactors. Laboratory studies utilize a 1-kilocurie cobalt-60 source, radioisotopes, and a new 10- kilocurie cobalt-60 source, which THE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE 391.
University of Michigan, 1955
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The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the ...
... uses of the waste materials which are products of nuclear reactors. Laboratory studies utilize a 1-kilocurie cobalt-60 source, radioisotopes, and a new IO- kilocurie cobalt-60 source, which THE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE 391.
University of Michigan, 1953
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Red Atom: Russia's Nuclear Power Program from Stalin to Today
... of Biophysics, the canning and vegetable industry's processing high-intensity gamma irradiator (which used a 240-kilocurie 60Co source), the grain industry's gamma irradiator (which used a 35-kilocurie 60Co source), and a series of reactor ...
Paul R. Josephson
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StarBriefs Plus: A Dictionary of Abbreviations, Acronyms and ...
... (location identifier) q Knowledge-Based Warfare KBX Kambuaya (Indonesia) ( location identifier) KBY Streaky Bay (Australia-SA) (location identifier) Kbyte Kilobyte KBZ Kaiboura (New Zealand) (location identifier) kc Kilocurie • Kilocycle KC ...
Andre Heck, 2004
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Cobalt Blues: The Story of Leonard Grimmett, the Man Behind ...
1949 August: H.E. Johns and T.A. Watson submit written request for a kilocurie source to be produced by the Chalk River reactor [180]. 1950 May: Grimmett presents a paper and an exhibit on the ''1,000 Ci Cobalt60 Irradiator'' at the MDAH ...
Peter R. Almond, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KILOCURIE»

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Murmansk conference concludes sunken Russian subs must …
In 2012, it was established that the spent nuclear fuel in its reactors measured some 5319.7 terebequerel (143.8 kilocurie), which exceeds the ... «Bellona, May 14»

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