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CI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ci mean? 

CI (noun)
  The noun CI has 1 sense:

1. a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per secondplay

  Familiarity information: CI used as a noun is very rare.


CI (adjective)
  The adjective CI has 1 sense:

1. being one more than one hundredplay

  Familiarity information: CI used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CI (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Ci; curie

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)


CI (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than one hundred

Synonyms:

101; ci; hundred and one; one hundred one

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)


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