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noun

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)

Words in this synset: Marie_Curie, Madame_Curie, Marya_Sklodowska

noun

French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)

Words in this synset: Pierre_Curie

noun

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

Words in this synset: curie, Ci

noun

a measure of radioactivity

noun

a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie