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mililitru
milliliter /mi.li.ˈli.tru/
noun#1154 most common
Also: cubic centimeter (informally, in medical contexts)
Example sentences
Am nevoie de un mililitru de apă.
I need one milliliter of water.
Sticla conține două sute de mililitri de suc.
The bottle contains two hundred milliliters of juice.
Doza recomandată este de cinci mililitri pe zi.
The recommended dose is five milliliters a day.
Asistenta a măsurat cu grijă zece mililitri de medicament în seringă.
The nurse carefully measured ten milliliters of medicine into the syringe.
Diferența dintre un mililitru și un centimetru cub este doar de denumire, volumul fiind identic.
The difference between a milliliter and a cubic centimeter is only in name, the volume being the same.
În laborator, chiar și o eroare de jumătate de mililitru la titrare poate compromite acuratețea rezultatelor.
In the lab, even a half-milliliter error in the titration can compromise the accuracy of the results.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mililitru | mililitri |
| Genitive | mililitrului | mililitrilor |
| Accusative | mililitru | mililitri |
| Vocative | mililitrule | mililitrilor |
Word family
Etymology
Mililitru was borrowed into Romanian from French millilitre in the 19th century, as Romania adopted the metric system. The French word itself combines mille (thousand) with litre. Litre traces back through Late Latin litra to Greek litra, an old unit of weight used in Sicily.
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