Definition of curie Curie
/kjʊɹiˈ/ - [kyuree] - cu•rie
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NounPlural: curies |
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| curie - 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 | ||
| Ci | ||
| radioactivity unit a measure of radioactivity | ||
| curie - 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) | ||
| Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska | ||
| curie - French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) | ||
| Pierre Curie | ||
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- curie (Noun)
×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
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The original unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material. One curie equals thirty-seven billion disintegrations per second, or approximately the radioactivity of one gram of radium. This unit is no longer recognized as part of the International System of units. It has been replaced by the becquerel.
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The curie (symbol Ci) is a unit of measurement. It measures radioactivity. It is defined as
In 1962, the International Commission on Radiological Units suggested the usage of this unit named after Marie Curie.
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🔤- curie, noun, singular of curies.
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