Picocurie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Picocurie is a noun meaning The unit of radioactivity equal to 10⁻¹² curie: symbol pCi.
Meaning
The unit of radioactivity equal to 10⁻¹² curie: symbol pCi.
Example Sentences
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 picocuries per liter in wells and up to 4,024 in abandoned pits like the ones where Lois Neztsosie watered her sheep and filled her drinking bottles.
Word Forms
- picocuries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include curie, nanocurie, picocoulomb, activity, petabecquerel, pico-coulomb.
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