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curie | multicurie |

As a proper noun curie

is , especially referring to (marie curie) and her husband (pierre curie).

As an adjective multicurie is

pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).

curie

English

Noun

(wikipedia curie) (en noun)
  • 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

    • Derived terms

    * megacurie * microcurie * millicurie * picocurie

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    multicurie

    English

    Adjective

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  • Pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).
  • * 1964 , Albert V Crewe, Joseph Jacob Katz, Research, U.S.A.: knowledge for the future
    • The facility is a flexible, relatively simple system of enclosures for handling multicurie amounts of alpha, gamma, and neutron-emitting radioisotopes.