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CI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
Synonyms:
Ci; curie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Ci" is a kind of...):
radioactivity unit (a measure of radioactivity)
Meronyms (parts of "Ci"):
millicurie (a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being one more than one hundred
Synonyms:
101; ci; hundred and one; one hundred one
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
