curie

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

curie (plural curies)

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

• urcei, ureic

• IPA^(key): /ky.ʁi/

Latin curia

curie f (plural curies)

1. curia (all meanings)

From Curie; Named after Pierre Curie (1859 - 1906), physicist.

curie m (plural curies)

1. curie

• cuire, cuiré

• “curie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

curie f

1. plural of curia

curie m (invariable)

1. curie (unit of measure)