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[1] a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 1010 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation : Ci
[2] I·rène [French ee-r en ] /French iˈrɛn/ . Joliot-Curie, Irène.
[3] Ma·rie [muh -ree ; French ma -r ee ] /məˈri; French maˈri/ , 1867–1934, Polish physicist and chemist in France: codiscoverer of radium 1898; Nobel Prize in Physics 1903, for chemistry 1911.
[4] her husband Pierre [pee-air ; French pyer ] /piˈɛər; French pyɛr/ , 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist: codiscoverer of radium; Nobel Prize in Physics 1903.
[5] a unit of radioactivity that is equal to 3.7 × 10 10 disintegrations per second Symbol: Ci
[6] Marie (mari). 1867–1934, French physicist and chemist, born in Poland: discovered with her husband Pierre the radioactivity of thorium, and discovered and isolated radium and polonium. She shared a Nobel prize for physics (1903) with her husband and Henri Becquerel, and was awarded a Nobel prize for chemistry (1911)
[7] her husband, Pierre (pjɛr). 1859–1906, French physicist and chemist

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Origin of Curie

First recorded in 1910; named in memory of Pierre Curie

Word origin for Curie

C20: named after Pierre Curie