CURIE
Scrabble letter values: C3U1R1I1E1 = 7
Definition
- 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. — synonyms: Pierre_Curie
- noun French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes. — synonyms: Marie_Curie, Madame_Curie, Marya_Sklodowska
Examples
- “husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)”
- “one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)”