CURIE

Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska

(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)

Curie, Pierre Curie

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

curie, Ci

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

curie (plural curies)

3.7Ă—1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

Anagrams

• urcei, ureic

Etymology

Proper noun

Curie

A surname, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.

Anagrams

• urcei, ureic

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

24 March 2025

STACCATO

(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

coffee icon