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Pronunciation / Transliteration: prati das lakh bhag
" हवा में प्रदूषण प्रति दस लाख भाग में मापा जाता है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of concentration used to measure very dilute concentrations of substances, representing one part of a given substance for every one million parts of the total mixture or solution.
"The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has surpassed 420 parts-per-million." - 2
A dimensionless ratio used in engineering and science to express fractions on a one-in-a-million basis.
"The water quality report indicated that the contaminant levels were well below one part-per-million."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in scientific and technical English during the mid-20th century as an abbreviation of the phrase 'parts per million'. It combines the English noun 'part', the preposition 'per', and the numeral 'million' to quantify extremely dilute concentrations in chemistry and environmental science.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Parts-per-million" is said worldwide
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partie par million
Transliteration: paʁ.ti paʁ mi.ljɔ̃
"La concentration est mesurée en parties par million."
Teile pro Million
Transliteration: ˈtaɪ̯lə proʊ̯ mɪliˈoːn
"Die Schadstoffbelastung liegt bei zwei Teilen pro Million."
parti per milione
Transliteration: ˈpar.ti per miˈli.o.ne
"La concentrazione si misura in parti per milione."
parte por millón
Transliteration: ˈpaɾ.te poɾ miˈʝon
"Se midió la concentración en partes por millón."
parte por milhão
Transliteration: ˈpaɾ.tʃi puɾ miˈʎɐ̃w
"O limite foi estabelecido em partes por milhão."
प्रति दस लाख भाग
Transliteration: prati das lakh bhag
" हवा में प्रदूषण प्रति दस लाख भाग में मापा जाता है।"
百万分率
Transliteration: bǎi wàn fēn lǜ
"二氧化碳的浓度是以百万分率来计算的。"
백만분율
Transliteration: baeng-man-bun-yul
"수질 오염도는 백만분율로 측정됩니다."
百万分率
Transliteration: hyakumanbunritsu
"空気中の汚染物質は百万分率で測定されます。"
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