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Milligram

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A unit of mass equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a gram. See Table at measurement.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An SI unit of mass, equivalent to one thousandth of a gram. Symbol: mg

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The thousandth part of a gram, equal to 0.015432, + or about , of a grain.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one thousandth (1/1,000) gram

Word Usage

"While tons of chemical fuel are needed to propel a human mission to Mars, just tens of milligrams of antimatter will do (a milligram is about one-thousandth the weight of a piece of the original M&M candy)."

Equivalent

milligramme

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

weight unit metric weight unit

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

kilogram

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

micrograms gram mg solute GM