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curie
noun
    1. physics.
      The former unit of radioactivity, equivalent to 3.7 ′ 1010 disintegrations of a radioactive source per second, which has now been replaced by the becquerel in SI units.
Etymology: 20c: named after the French physicists Marie (1867‐1934) and Pierre (1859‐1906) Curie.



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