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microliter

microliter

1 4.1
A very small amount of liquid equal to one millionth of a liter
  • noun
  • /ˈmaɪkroʊˌlitər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : microlitro
  • Micro dispenser provides high-precision dispensing in microliter quantities with an accuracy of one percent or better.
  • microliter plate
  • microliters of volume

And so I was working with this little Eppendorf tube with a drop of colourless liquid at the bottom of it, you know, a few microliters.

Examples

  • Solution A, containing nuclear extraction buffer, and solution B, containing DAPI, were mixed at the ratio of 1:5, and the mixed solution was used for making a 1.0 microliter droplet of staining solution overlaid with mineral oil on a coverslip.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Sterile microliter plates (Dynatech Laboratories, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia) containing PCA were used to stock isolated colonies for identification.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Fast response 50 and 200 microliter internal volume cells are available.

    Academic text (1997)
  • But in 20 microliters of volume, we can have 10 trillion different molecules all swimming about at fairly reasonable concentrations.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The instrument has been designed for the clinical laboratory where microliter quantities of fluids from two to 100 microliters per shot are dispensed.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Parasite count was measured by determining the proportion of parasitized erythrocytes or the number of trophozoites per microliter.

    Academic text (2014)
  • After 2 hours of incubation at 37 degrees C, the liquid was removed, and 100 microliters of Biotin-antibody (1x) was added to each well.

    Academic text (2018)
  • A motility test (motility agar, Difco) and catalase test were also conducted in microliter plates.

    Academic text (1993)
  • After the incubation period, 400 microliters of binding buffer and 1 micromole of PI were added, and the fluorescence intensity was analyzed by flow cytometry.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The laboratory technician used a precise pipette to measure 50 microliters of the chemical solution.

How Much

kiloliter
  • Specialized
1 5.3
liter
  • US
190 1.0
milliliter
  • Specialized
11 2.5
microliter
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Surface Forms

microliter singular
microliters plural

Morphology

microliter = liter (transparent) = micro + liter

The meaning is directly compositional: 'micro-' means one millionth and 'liter' names the volume unit.

Etymology

Microliter comes from the prefix micro- meaning 'small' and the unit liter. So a microliter is a very small part of a liter, one millionth of a liter, which is why scientists use it for tiny amounts of liquid.