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curie

noun

  1. non-SI unit of radioactivity
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: Borrowed from French Curie.

  1. A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).

  1. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.