curie

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5

Definition of curie

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)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.”

name

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

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of curie

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