curie
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curie¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).
noun curies
- 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
Curie²
- /ˈkjʊə.ɹi/ Anglicised
- /ˈkjɔː.ɹi/
- /kjəˈɹi/
Rhymes with -ʊəɹi, -ɔːɹi
proper noun
- A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.
CURIE³
noun CURIEs
- Acronym of compact URI expression By using safe CURIE notation, where the CURIE is surrounded by square brackets ([ or ]), an RDFa parser can interpret the proper type of URI used.
Translations
Talk about this word "curie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/curie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. curie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/curie "curie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/curie.Cite this
@misc{curie_2026,
title = {curie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
