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curie
1[ kyoor-ee, kyoo-ree ]
noun
- a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. : Ci
Curie
2[ kyoor-ee, kyoo-ree; French ky-ree ]
noun
- I·rène [ee-, ren]. Joliot-Curie, Irène.
- Ma·rie [m, uh, -, ree, m, a, -, ree], 1867–1934, Polish physicist and chemist in France: codiscoverer of radium 1898; Nobel Prize in Physics 1903, for chemistry 1911.
- her husband Pierre [pee-, air, pye, r], 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist: codiscoverer of radium; Nobel Prize in Physics 1903.
curie
1/ ˈkjʊərɪ; -riː /
noun
- a unit of radioactivity that is equal to 3.7 × 10 10disintegrations per second Ci
Curie
2/ -riː; kyri; ˈkjʊərɪ /
noun
- CurieMarie18671934FFrenchPolishSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: chemist Marie (mari). 1867–1934, French physicist and chemist, born in Poland: discovered with her husband Pierre the radioactivity of thorium, and discovered and isolated radium and polonium. She shared a Nobel prize for physics (1903) with her husband and Henri Becquerel, and was awarded a Nobel prize for chemistry (1911)
- CuriePierre18591906MFrenchSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: chemist her husband, Pierre (pjɛr). 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist
curie
1/ kyr′ē,ky-rē′ /
- A unit used to measure the rate of radioactive decay. Radioactive decay is measured by the rate at which the atoms making up a radioactive substance are transformed into different atoms. One curie is equal to 37 billion (3.7 × 10 10) of these transformations per second. Many scientists now measure radioactive decay in becquerels rather than curies.
Curie
2- Polish-born French chemist who pioneered research into radioactivity. Following Antoine Henri Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity, she investigated uranium with her husband, Pierre Curie (1859–1906). Together they discovered the elements radium and polonium. Marie Curie later isolated pure radium and developed the use of radioactivity in medicine.
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Example Sentences
Moret said that while Curie’s sales have been up, she’s spent more on inventory over the past few months.
Moret said that while Curie saw a single-digit decline in sales the first two weeks of July compared to the same period in June, sales have since picked up again.
That would be Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, the gal who discovered radioactive polonium.
Screenplays for Marie Antoinette, The Women, and Madame Curie fizzled.
Radium was discovered in 1898 by M. and Madame Curie and M. Bmont, while experimenting with the uranium mineral pitchblende.
They say that her marriage with M. Curie was just such a union, as must have produced some fine result.
M. Curie made this experiment recently at a reception in Lille, to the great delight of the guests.
I suggested to M. Curie the possibility that some philanthropist might be inspired on reading his words to help the new cause.
After we had been in the darkness for some time M. Curie wrapped the radium tube in thick paper and put it in my hand.
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