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Definition of Curie

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906).

3. Noun. 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).

Definition of Curie

1. Noun. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. ¹

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Definition of Curie

1. a unit of radioactivity [n -S]

Medical Definition of Curie

1. The conventional unit of activity of radioactive material decaying at a rate of 3.7 x E10 transformations per second (roughly equivalent to the activity of 1 gram of radium). See: becquerel, 1 Ci = 3.7 x E10 Bq. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curie

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