API unit

English

Etymology

From API (“American Petroleum Institute”).

Noun

API unit (plural API units)

  1. (oil industry) A unit of radioactivity used for measuring natural gamma rays in the ground.
    The radioactivity of a typical shale is 100 API units.
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