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cu·rie (kyo̵̅o̅r′ē′, kyo̵̅o̅ rē′)

noun

a basic unit of radioactivity, equal to a rate of decay of 3.7 × 10 disintegrations per second (3.7037 × 10 becquerels): abbrev. Ci

Etymology: after M. Curie: see Marie Curie

Curie definition

Cu·rie (kyo̵o rē′, kyo̵or′ē; Fr kü rē′)

  1. Curie, Marie (born Marie Sklodowska) 1867-1934; Pol. chemist & physicist in France: discovered polonium & radium (1898) in collaboration with her husband
  2. Curie, Pierre 1859-1906; Fr. physicist: husband of Marie

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