ALL meanings of curie
cu·rie
C c - noun curie 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) 3
- noun curie her husband, Pierre (pjɛr). 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist 3
- noun curie a unit of radioactivity that is equal to 3.7 × 1010 disintegrations per second 3
- noun curie Marie(born Marie Sklodowska) 1867-1934; Pol. chemist & physicist in France: discovered polonium & radium (1898) in collaboration with her husband 3
- noun curie Pierre1859-1906; Fr. physicist: husband of Marie 3
- noun curie a basic unit of radioactivity, equal to a rate of decay of 3.7 × 1010 disintegrations per second (3.7037 × 1010 becquerels): abbrev. Ci 3
- noun curie Irène [French ee-ren] /French iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Joliot-Curie, Irène. 1
- noun curie Marie [muh-ree;; French ma-ree] /məˈri;; French maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1867–1934, Polish physicist and chemist in France: codiscoverer of radium 1898; Nobel Prize in Physics 1903, for chemistry 1911. 1
- noun curie her husband, Pierre [pee-air;; French pyer] /piˈɛər;; French pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist: codiscoverer of radium; Nobel Prize in Physics 1903. 1
- noun curie 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. 1
- noun curie 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. 0