curie

(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. Synonyms: Ci.

(noun) French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906). Synonyms: Curie, Pierre Curie.

(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). Synonyms: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska.