1. a unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a litre, used in the metric system
Usage: commonly abbreviated as mL or ml; standard unit in scientific and medical contexts

Examples

• The recipe calls for 250 millilitres of milk.
• A standard syringe holds 10 millilitres of liquid.
• The bottle contains 500 millilitres of juice.
• The doctor prescribed 5 millilitres of cough syrup three times daily.
• One millilitre of water weighs approximately one gram.
• The lab measured out 100 millilitres of the solution for the experiment.