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Curie vs Rem - What's the difference?

curie | rem |

curie measures activity referred to a radionuclide and rem measures dose equivalent


As a proper noun curie

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

As a noun rem is

obstacle.

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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    rem

    English

    (rapid eye movement)

    Alternative forms

    * * (rare) rem

    Etymology 1

    From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

    Noun

    (-)
  • rapid eye movement
    • Derived terms
    * REM sleep

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from remaining.

    Noun

    (-)
  • remaining time: In music, the time remaining in a track.

    • Etymology 3

    Shortened from remark.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) A programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

    • Etymology 4

    Shortened from rare earth metal.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) rare earth metal(s).

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