millirem
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- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌrɛm/
- Specialized
- It's two millirems.
- millirems per year
Examples
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According to the government of the day, exposure should not exceed 5000 millirems per year.
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The usually quoted average individual exposure from background radiation is 300 millirem per year.
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An exposure of 600,000 millirems is fatal.
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If you live near a coal plant, you may receive a whopping 18 millirems of radiation in a year.
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Two millirems.
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2000 millirems.
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Don't miss this: for a Rapiscan 1000 to get into the millirem range exposing you, somebody has to power it up by a factor of a thousand.
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The maximum dose to a person at the site boundary would have been less than 100 millirem.
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If you live near a coal plant, you may receive a whopping 18 millirems of radiation in a year.
Synonyms
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A small unit that measures radiation equal to one thousandth of a rem
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word millirem comes from milli- meaning 'one thousandth' and rem, an old unit for radiation. Think of it like millimeter: a millirem is a tiny part of a rem, which is why it names a small dose of radiation.