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PRONUNCIATION OF PICOCURIE

picocurie  [ˈpiːkəʊˌkjʊərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICOCURIE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Picocurie 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 PICOCURIE 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 picocurie in the English dictionary

The definition of picocurie in the dictionary is a trillionth of a curie, which is a unit of radioactivity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICOCURIE


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICOCURIE

picnicking
picnicky
Pico de Aneto
Pico de Orizaba
Pico de Teide
Pico della Mirandola
picofarad
picogram
picoline
picolinic acid
picometre
picomole
picong
picornavirus
picosecond
picot
picote
picotee
picotite
picowave

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICOCURIE

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 picocurie in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «picocurie» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

微微居里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

picocurie
570 millions of speakers

English

picocurie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

picocurie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيكو كوري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пикокюри
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

picocurie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

picocurie
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

picocurie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Picocurie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

picocurie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピコキュリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

picocurie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Picocurie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

picocurie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

picocurie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिकोकुची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

picocurie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picoCurie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

picocurie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пікокюрі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picocurie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

picocurie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

picocurie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

picocurie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

picocurie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picocurie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICOCURIE»

The term «picocurie» is used very little and occupies the 180.487 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICOCURIE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICOCURIE»

Discover the use of picocurie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picocurie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indoor Environmental Quality
A picocurie is equal to 1 x 10~12 curies. A curie (Ci) is an amount of radioactive material that produces 10~10 nuclear disintegrations per second. A picocurie represents an amount of material that produces 2.2 radioactive decays per minute or ...
Thad Godish, 2000
2
Implications to Man of Irradiation by Internally Deposited ...
For example, an adult man is estimated to consume daily 0.3 gm of calcium from fresh cow's milk; if this milk contained 1 picocurie of Sr*/gm Ca, it is assumed that he would consume 0.3 picocurie of Sr* of which 30 percent, or 0.09 picocurie, ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Advisory Committee to the Federal Radiation Council, 1964
3
Water Quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, ...
Picocurie. (Pci). -. One. trillionth. (to-'2). of the amount of radioactivity represented by a curie (Ci). A curie is the amount of radioactivity that yields 3.7 x 1010 radioactive disintegrations per second (dps). A picocurie yields 2.22 disintegrations ...
Charles A. Peters, 1998
4
Drinking Water Regulation and Health
The quantity of a nuclide actually present would be divided by its picocurie allowance resulting in a fraction of what is allowed. If 14 pCi of nuclide Q equals the MCL of, say, 4mrem, and 14pCi is present, the limit of 5mrem is reached.
Frederick Pontius, 2003
5
Radiostrontium and radiocaesium in drinking water in the ...
Even if the highest mean value for an impounded water (0.75 picocurie/litre) had been used in the calculations, the estimated average daily ingestion of strontium 90 in drinking water would be only 0.34 picocurie per person. 33.
Great Britain. Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1962
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Illustrated Dictionary and Resource Directory of ...
picocurie (pCi) pilot health study picocurie (pCi) — A measurement equal to 1 millionth of a microcurie. picocurie per liter (pCi/l) — A measurement equal to 2.2 radioactive disintegrations per minute in 1 liter of air. picogram (pg) — A ...
Herman Koren, 2004
7
Element of Risk: The Politics of Radon
based on a 4-picocurie action level could cost $20 billion, more than twice the EPA's projection. Even this figure understates the costs of a radon program advised in an EPA brochure produced with the Ad Council in 1990, he says.
Leonard A. Cole, 1993
8
Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now
Available from: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html. J.S. Army Corps of Engineers. How big is a Picocurie [Internet], [cited 2009 May 14]. Available from: http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/docs/fusrap-fs-picocurie.pdf. Canadian Centre ...
Suzanne H. Reuben, 2010
9
Chemical and Biological Quality of Surface Water at the U.S. ...
Radioactivity is expressed in picocurie per liter (pCi/L). A picocurie is one- trillionth (1x10 -12 ) the amount of radioactivity represented by a curie (Ci). A curie is the amount of radioactivity that yields 3.7x10 10 radioactive disintegrations per ...
10
Final environmental impact statement for the ...
Radon inhalation dose conversion factor was assumed to be 0.625 millirem per year/picocurie per cubic meter (NRC 1982). 3. Total surface area of the protore piles was conservatively estimated assuming that all the protore was piled up can  ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Rio Puerco Resource Area, United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Albuquerque Area Office, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICOCURIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picocurie is used in the context of the following news items.
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On the Level: What does radon mitigation have to do with my water …
We recently were tested for radon and we tested well above the 4.0 picocurie action level. Please clarify. lRelated On the Level: Advice ... «CapitalGazette.com, Jul 15»
2
Ten Mile radiation under investigation
... results conducted by an independent laboratory show the opposite — extremely low radiation levels in the water at less than one picoCurie. «Uniontown Herald Standard, Jul 15»
3
New testing could shed light on radiation levels
... results conducted by an independent laboratory show the opposite — extremely low radiation levels in the water at less than one picoCurie. «Uniontown Herald Standard, Jul 15»
4
Radiation found in Greene County stream near water supply
Tests by the Tri-County Joint Municipal Authority last year found low levels of radium 228 -- just 1 picocurie per liter. But the authority did not test ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
5
Local activists say fracking poses threat to Fayette County's water
“A PicoCurie is a measure of radioactivity. “For radium, which is what is being injected, five PicoCuries is safe drinking water. At 60 PicoCuries ... «Bakken.com, May 15»
6
North Dakota may raise limits for radioactive drilling waste
The state's health department and oil industry contend that the waste that would fall within the 50-picocurie limit is not hazardous, and can be ... «Midwest Energy News, Apr 15»
7
Study links radon levels in Pennsylvania homes to fracking
The average reading in the county was 5.6 picocuries, above the 4 picocurie threshold, according to EPA data. But Schwartz said home radon ... «Baltimore Sun, Apr 15»
8
Radioactive tritium found in ice outside Hope Creek
Only a 15 million picocurie high at nearby Salem ranks higher, recorded during investigations of a leak and continuing, serious groundwater ... «The News Journal, Mar 15»
9
Strontium-90 detected in Vt. Yankee well water
NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said he was surprised at the 3.5-picocurie level mentioned by the Department of Health, since the Oak Ridge ... «The Recorder, Feb 15»
10
Radon research traced back to NEPA
A picocurie is a measurement of radioactivity related to the rate of decay. The Watras house tested at an astounding 2,700 picocuries per liter ... «Standard Speaker, Feb 15»

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