Definition of Kilocuries

1. kilocurie [n] - See also: kilocurie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilocuries

kilobase
kilobase pair
kilobase pairs
kilobases
kilobaud
kilobauds
kilobit
kilobits
kilobyte
kilobytes
kilocal
kilocalorie
kilocalories
kilocals
kilocurie
kilocuries (current term)
kilocycle
kilocycle per second
kilocycles
kilodalton
kilodaltons
kiloelectronvolt
kilogallon
kilogallons
kilogauss
kilogausses
kilogram
kilogram-meter
kilogram-meters
kilogram-metre

Literary usage of Kilocuries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering by National Research Council (2002)
"The approximately 2 million sources licensed by the USNRC range in activity from millicuries to tens of kilocuries and typically contain penetrating gamma ..."

2. Assessing Potential Ocean Pollutants: A Report of the Study Panel on by Ocean Affairs Board (1975)
"By 1970, the release of over 200 x 10^ kilocuries of alpha-emitting plutonium into the oceans as fallout (Hardy et al. 1973) had resulted in plutonium ..."

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