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“Milliliter” or “Millilitre”

Language

Milliliter and millilitre are both English terms.

Usage

Milliliter is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while millilitre is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available):

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
milliliter 100 64 75 98 37 58 0 74 67 84 100 0
millilitre 0 36 25 2 63 42 0 26 33 16 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (64 to 36).
  • In India, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (75 to 25).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (98 to 2).
  • In Canada, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "millilitre" over "milliliter".
  • In Australia, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (58 to 42).
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "milliliter" and "millilitre".
  • In Ireland, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (74 to 26).
  • In New Zealand, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (67 to 33).
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (84 to 16).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "milliliter" over "millilitre" (100 to 0).
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "milliliter" and "millilitre".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use milliliter or millilitre with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “milliliter”

  • …200 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood) should not be…
  • 1 milliliter of blood has a mass…
  • …also contain more than 0.2 milliliter volatile oil per 100 grams…
  • …more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter in whole blood, as shown…
  • …a pharmacist recalled a 10 milliliter vial of the drug selling…
  • …to testing, drinks two 240 milliliter glasses of soy milk or…
  • …concentration of 1,352 nanograms per milliliter of salbutamol, above the 1,000…
  • In a 100 milliliter (ml) portion, coconut milk contains…
  • …range of few micrograms per milliliter.
  • per milliliter of the person's whole blood…

Examples of “millilitre”

  • Millilitre (mL, informally "mil"), a volume
  • …(less than 200 copies per millilitre of blood); (2) condoms are…
  • …of number of fibres per millilitre of air (f/ml).
  • …and ㎘ for the microlitre, millilitre, decilitre and kilolitre.
  • …used derived unit is the millilitre, defined as one-thousandth of a…
  • …at least 10,000 cells per millilitre.
  • …States, NIST advocates using the millilitre or litre instead of the
  • …cubic centimetre, equal to a millilitre or mL) is a unit…
  • …levels of 250,000,000 bacteriophages per millilitre of seawater.
  • …English, the symbol "mL" (for millilitre) can be pronounced as "mil",…


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