milligram

Definitions

Examples

• Increasing the amount of the enzyme from 1 milligram per gram of PET to 3 milligrams made it even more efficient — breaking down about 90 percent of the plastic.

• Previous experiments have involved objects with masses of hundreds of milligrams or more.

• “If they were ten-milligram tablets, she would have taken ten to twenty of them,” Ballard quoted Francisco.

• One milligram of californium-252 will spontaneously produce over 10⁹ neutrons per second.

• If after a second trial the loss is the same, or only increased by a milligram, the determination is finished.

• They lose slightly in weight when in use, but the loss is uniform, and averages half a milligram per month when in daily use.

• They are always weighed on the balance with a counterpoise, but no attempt is made to weigh them closer than to 0.5 milligram.

• The masses commonly used are the milligram, gram and kilogram.