Meaning

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

    кюриkyuri

    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

Examples

7 sentences
  1. In fact, Marie Curie is Polish, not French.

    Насправді, Марія Кюрі - полячка, а не француженка.

    ruНа самом деле, Мария Кюри - полячка, а не француженка.

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  2. Marie Curie was Polish, not French.

    ruМария Кюри была полячкой, а не француженкой.

    deMarie Curie war Polin, keine Französin.

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  3. It was Marie Curie who discovered radium.

    ruРадий открыла Мария Кюри.

    deEs war Marie Curie, die Radium entdeckt hat.

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  4. It was Marie Curie who discovered radioactivity.

    ruРадиоактивность открыла Мария Кюри.

    deEs war Marie Curie, die die Radioaktivität entdeckte.

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  5. In fact, Marie Curie was Polish, not French.

    ruВ действительности Мария Кюри была полькой, а не француженкой.

    deIn Wirklichkeit war Marie Curie Polin und nicht Französin.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
unit of radioactivity:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: curies
Singularcurie
Pluralcuries

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in 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):Marie CurieMadame CurieMarya Sklodowska
  • French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906):Pierre 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

Word family

8 related words

See also

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