Definition of Milligal

1. a unit of acceleration [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milligal

millidarcy
millidegree
millidegrees
millielectronvolt
millielectronvolts
millieme
milliemes
milliequivalent
milliequivalents
millier
milliers
millies
millifarad
millifarads
millifold
milligal (current term)
milligals
milligrade
milligram
milligram hour
milligramage
milligramme
milligrammes
milligrams
milligray
milligrays
millihelen
millihenries
millihenry
millihenrys

Literary usage of Milligal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"Graphs showing the excess mass at different depths required to produce an anomaly of 0-1 milligal. the excess mass which can just be examined at different ..."

2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America by Seismological Society of America (1914)
"With both Bosch-Omori instruments the co-ordinates of the i.ooo-milligal curve are the same, but slightly less than those for the Omori seismograph because ..."

3. The Geophysical Observatory by St. Louis University, Geophysical Observatory (1894)
"... and the acceleration in milligals (i milligal = .001 gal = lo/t/sec.2 = .000001 g approximately), then the harmonic acceleration . formula --=2- reduces ..."

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