On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Microgram. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as mcg and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Microgram meaning
An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻⁶ grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram, or 0.000 001 grams.
Synonyms of Microgram
Using Microgram
- The main meaning on this page is: An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻⁶ grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram, or 0.000 001 grams.
- Useful related words include: mcg, metric weight unit, weight unit.
- In the example corpus, microgram often appears in combinations such as: microgram of, microgram quantities.
Context around Microgram
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Microgram
- In this selection, "microgram" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, 400, milligram, quantities, mcg and threshold stand out and add context to how "microgram" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 0 1 microgram of ingested and about 1 microgram selenium per. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "microgram" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with microgram
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The term microgram is sometimes written as μg. (8 words)
A typical self-luminous watch that uses radium paint contains around 1 microgram of radium. (15 words)
Metric units Mass In use, the kilogram, gram, milligram, microgram, and smaller are fairly common. (15 words)
Due to the controversy surrounding thimerosal it has been removed from most vaccines except multi-use influenza, where it was reduced to levels so that a single dose contained less than 1 microgram of mercury, a level similar to eating 10g of canned tuna. (44 words)
State Senator Luis Sepulveda recently introduced a bill that seeks to raise the maximum testing age from 6 to 10 years old and lower the microgram threshold to match the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) danger level of five micrograms. (43 words)
Looking at participants’ average wildfire PM2.5 exposure over three years, the researchers found a 21% increase in the odds of a dementia diagnosis for each increase of 1 microgram of particulate matter per cubic meter of air. (38 words)
Example sentences (14)
Looking at participants’ average wildfire PM2.5 exposure over three years, the researchers found a 21% increase in the odds of a dementia diagnosis for each increase of 1 microgram of particulate matter per cubic meter of air.
The term microgram is sometimes written as μg.
The first five participants will be aged 18 to 40 years and will receive a single 20-microgram (mcg) intramuscular injection of the experimental vaccine.
In mice with the patches applied, there was a 90 per cent reduction in the area of blood vessels with a single treatment dose of one microgram.
State Senator Luis Sepulveda recently introduced a bill that seeks to raise the maximum testing age from 6 to 10 years old and lower the microgram threshold to match the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) danger level of five micrograms.
The 400-microgram dose is what the company is targeting for the drug’s further development, Friberg noted.
At the time of the Manhattan Project in 1944, the "tolerance dose" for workers was set at 0.1 microgram of ingested radium. citation citation Some of the biological effects of radium were apparent from the start.
A typical self-luminous watch that uses radium paint contains around 1 microgram of radium.
Due to the controversy surrounding thimerosal it has been removed from most vaccines except multi-use influenza, where it was reduced to levels so that a single dose contained less than 1 microgram of mercury, a level similar to eating 10g of canned tuna.
For salmon, the optimal concentration of selenium is about 1 microgram selenium per gram of whole body weight.
It forms colorless cubic crystals, which were first characterized from microgram samples sized about 30 nanometers.
Metric units Mass In use, the kilogram, gram, milligram, microgram, and smaller are fairly common.
Using available microgram quantities of the isotope einsteinium-253, over a million mendelevium atoms may be produced each hour.
With cryogenic technology, microgram quantities of astatine might be able to be generated via proton irradiation of thorium or uranium to yield radon-211, in turn decaying to astatine-211.
Common combinations with microgram
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- microgram of 4×
- microgram quantities 2×