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Meaning of word curie from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

curie noun

Meaning : A unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second.

Synonyms : ci

Meaning : French physicist. Husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906).

Synonyms : pierre curie

Meaning : French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes. One (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934).

Synonyms : madame curie, marie curie, marya sklodowska

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