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Curie   /kjʊrˈi/  /kjˈʊri/   Listen
Curie

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: Ci.
2.
French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906).  Synonym: Pierre Curie.
3.
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).  Synonyms: Madame Curie, Marie Curie, Marya Sklodowska.



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"Curie" Quotes from Famous Books



... their systems, through the use of their hands, some of the frustrations and problems that led them to this hospital. They worked with oil and water paints and clay. If you can make an atomic bomb from vermillion pigments, then Madame Curie was ...
— A Filbert Is a Nut • Rick Raphael



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