millilitremillilitern.
/ˈmɪlɪˌliːtə/, U.S. /ˈmɪləˌlidər/ One-thousandth of a litre (approx. 0.0338 fluid ounce, 0.0610 cubic inch). Symbol ml.Originally, and also since 1964, identically equal to a cubic centimetre: see the note at litre n.2 a.Also in weakened use: a very small quantity, a drop.
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1810 Naval Chron. 24 301 Millilittre, Centimeter cube.
1896 C. R. Honiball Engin. Arithm. & Mensuration xli. 308 Millilitre = ·001 Litres.
1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) ix. 172 The litre and the millilitre (ml.) are now frequently chosen as the unit of volume, burettes, flasks, etc. being marked in millilitres and fractions thereof.
1969 Guardian 28 Feb. 4/4 Every patient prescribed liquid medicine by his doctor will receive a plastic spoon which will hold five millilitres of medicine; and all prescriptions will be in five millilitre units.
1974 Daily Tel. 10 Oct. 2/4 [He] had 120 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, 40 over the legal limit.
1989 J. M. Dillard Lost Years v. 108 He drained the last milliliter of George Dickel No. 12 White Label from his glass.
1996 Observer 31 Mar. 3/6 For amosite and crocidolite—the most potent forms of asbestos, now banned in Britain—the limit is 0.2 fibres per millilitre of air breathed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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