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cu⋅rie

  [kyoor-ee, kyoo-ree]
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–noun Physics, Chemistry.
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 1010 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 g of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci
Origin:
1910; named in memory of Pierre Curie

Cu⋅rie

  [kyoor-ee, kyoo-ree; Fr. ky-ree]
–noun
1. I⋅rène  [Fr. ee-ren] . Joliot-Curie, Irène.
2. Ma⋅rie  [muh-ree; Fr. ma-ree] , 1867–1934, Polish physicist and chemist in France: codiscoverer of radium 1898; Nobel prize for physics 1903, for chemistry 1911.
3. her husband, Pierre  [pee-air; Fr. pyer] , 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist: codiscoverer of radium; Nobel prize for physics 1903.
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cu·rie   (kyŏŏr'ē, kyŏŏ-rē')   
n.   Abbr. Ci
A unit of radioactivity, equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 3.7 × 1010 disintegrations per second.

[After Pierre Curie.]
Cu·rie   (kyŏŏr'ē, kyŏŏ-rē', kü-)   
See Irène Joliot-Curie.
Curie, Marie Originally Manja Skłodowska. 1867-1934.  
Polish-born French chemist. She shared a 1903 Nobel Prize with her husband, Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and Henri Becquerel for fundamental research on radioactivity. In 1911 she won a second Nobel Prize for her discovery and study of radium and polonium.
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curie 
"unit of radioactivity," 1910, from Pierre Curie (1859-1906), who with his wife, Marie (1867-1934), discovered radium.
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Main Entry: cu·rie
Pronunciation: 'kyu(&)r-(")E, kyu-'rE
Function: noun
1 : a unit quantity of any radioactive nuclide in which 3.7× 1010disintegrations occur per second
2 : a unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7 × 1010disintegrations per second
Cuárie /k[UE]-rE/, Pierre (1859–1906) and Marie Słodowska (1867–1934), French chemists and physicists. The Curies were two of the most important andinfluential figures in modern physics. Their major joint contributions include the discovery, with Henri Becquerel, of radioactivity, and the discovery and isolation of radium and polonium in 1898. In1910 the first International Congress of Radiology honored the husband and wife team by establishing curie as a term for a unit of measurement for radioactivity. The element curium was named inhonor of the Curies in 1944 by its discoverers, a team of scientists at the University of Chicago. The Curies were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, and Marie Curie was awarded the NobelPrize for Chemistry in 1911.
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curie cu·rie (ky&oobreve;r'ē, ky&oobreve;-rē')
n.
Abbr. Ci
A unit of radioactivity, equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 3.7 × 1010 disintegrations per second.

Curie Cu·rie (ky&oobreve;r'ē, ky&oobreve;-rē', kü-), Marie. Originally Manja Skłodowska.. 1867-1934.

Polish-born French chemist. She shared a 1903 Nobel Prize with her husband, Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) for fundamental research on radioactivity. In 1911 she won a second Nobel Prize for her discovery and study of the elements radium and polonium.

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curie

in physics, unit of activity of a quantity of a radioactive substance, named in honour of the French physicist Marie Curie. One curie (1 Ci) is equal to 3.71010 becquerel (Bq). In 1975 the becquerel replaced the curie as the official radiation unit in the International System of Units (SI).

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