| NOUN | quantity | curie, Ci | 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 |
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| person | Curie, Pierre Curie | French physicist | |
| person | Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska | French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes |
| Sounds | kyuhriy'; kyuh'riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | Ci | |
| Parts | millicurie | A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie |
| Broader | radioactivity unit | A measure of radioactivity |
| Spanish | curie, curio | |
| Catalan | curie | |
| Meaning | French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906). | |
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| Synonym | Pierre Curie | |
| Instance of | physicist | A scientist trained in physics |
| Spanish | Curie, Pierre Curie | |
| Catalan | Curie, 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). | |
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| Synonyms | Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska | |
| Instance of | chemist | A scientist who specializes in chemistry |
| Spanish | Curie, Madame Curie, Marie Curie | |
| Catalan | Curie, Marie Curie | |
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