Definition of Picogram

1. Noun. A unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 000 001 grams. Symbol: pg ¹

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Definition of Picogram

1. one trillionth of a gram [n -S]

Medical Definition of Picogram

1. One-trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picogram

picoamps
picobarn
picobarns
picocell
picocells
picocurie
picocyanobacteria
picocyanobacterium
picoeucaryote
picoeucaryotes
picoeukaryote
picoeukaryotes
picofarad
picofarads
picogram (current term)
picogramme
picogrammes
picograms
picoid
picojoule
picojoules
picokatal
picokatals
picokelvin
picolin
picolinate methyltransferase
picoline
picolines
picolinic acid

Literary usage of Picogram

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

1. Dioxin Treatment Technologies by Florence Poillon (1994)
"State of Connecticut issues dioxin ambient air quality standard of 1 picogram per cubic meter (1 picogram = one-trillionth of a gram) to protect the public ..."

2. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Both the resonance frequency and the bending of these microcantilevers have been shown to vary reproducibly and sensitively (with picogram to sub-picogram ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... per million ppm percent % picogram pg revolutions per minute rpm second sec specific activity sp act square centimeter cm1 square meter m* subcutaneous ..."

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