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1. Curie
   The Curie (Ci) is the traditional unit of Activity (where its SI equivalent in the Becquerel ). 1 Ci is equivalent to 3.7 E10 disintegrations per second (dps) and since 1Bq=1dps it follows that 1Ci = 3.7 E10 Bq (approximately). The Ci was based on the activity found in 1 g of Radium .
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2. Curie
   [n] - 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 2. [n] - French physicist 3. [n] - French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel Prizes
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3. Curie
   Named after Pierre and Marie Curie.One Curie equals the radioactivity of a source with equal radioactivity as 1g of ²²⁶Ra₈₆ in secular equilibrium with ²²²Rn₈₆.c_i = 3.7x10¹⁰Bq
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4. Curie
   earlier special unit of activity,expressed in disintegrations per second Category: Physics
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5. Curie
   <radiobiology> The conventional unit of activity of radioactive material decaying at a rate of 3.7 x E10 transformations per second (roughly equivalent to the activity of 1 gram of radium). ... See: becquerel, 1 Ci = 3.7 x E10 Bq. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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6. Curie
   Marie 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)
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7. curie
   Ci 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
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8. Curie
   noun French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
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9. curie
   (Ci) (ku´re) a unit of radioactivity, defined as the quantity of any radioactive nuclide in which the number of disintegrations per second is 3.700 × 1010.
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10. curie
    in physics, unit of activity of a quantity of a radioactive substance, named in honour of the French physicist Marie Curie. One curie (1 Ci) is equal ... [1 related articles]
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11. curie
    unit of activity exactly equal to 3,7 x 10¹⁰ Bq
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12. curie
    the earlier special unit of activity. 1 Ci = 3.7 x 10¹⁰s^-1
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13. Curie
    Curie (kürē') , family of French scientists. Pierre Curie,. 1859–1906, scientist, and his wife, Marie Sklodowska Curie,. 1867–1934, chemist and physicist, b. Warsaw, are known for their work on radioactivity and on radium. The Curies' daughter Irène (see under Joliot-...
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14. Curie
    Curie is the unit of measurement of radioactivity.
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15. Curie
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. Marie (1867-193) and Pierre (1859-1906), French chemists and physicists and Nobel laureates (wife and husband). See: curium
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16. curie
    (C, c, Ci) Type: Term Pronunciation: kyū′rē Definitions: 1. A unit of measurement of radioactivity, 3.70 ׀1010 disintegrations per second; formerly defined as the radioactivity of the amount of radon in equilibrium with 1 g radium; superseded by the S.I. unit, the becquerel (1 disintegration per second). ...
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17. Curie
    (Ci) The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material. One curie equals 37 billion disintegrations per second or approximately the amount of radioactivty given off by 1 gram of radium.
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18. curie
    3.7 exp10 nuclear disintegrations/sec.
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19. Curie
    The Curie (Ci) is the traditional unit of Activity (where its SI equivalent in the Becquerel ). 1 Ci is equivalent to 3.7 E10 disintegrations per second (dps) and since 1Bq=1dps it follows that 1Ci = 3.7 E10 Bq (approximately). The Ci was based on the activity found in 1 g of Radium .
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20. Curie
    The `curie` (symbol `Ci`) is a unit of radioactivity, defined as : 1&nbsp;Ci = 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second. This is roughly the activity of 1 gram of the radium isotope ²²⁶Ra, a substance studied by the pioneers of radiology, Marie and Pierre Curie, for whom the unit was named.
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21. Curie
    (lunar crater) `Curie` is a large lunar crater, much of which lies on the far side of the Moon as seen from the Earth. The western rim projects into the near side of the Moon, as defined by the selenographic coordinate system. However the visibility of this formation depends on the effects of...
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22. CURIE
    A `CURIE` (short for Compact URI) defines a generic, abbreviated syntax for expressing URIs. It is an abbreviated URI expressed in CURIE syntax, and may be found in both XML and non-XML grammars. A CURIE may be considered a datatype. An example of CURIE syntax: <code><nowiki>isbn:039331...
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23. Curie
    (Martian crater) Curie Crater is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 29.1&deg; N and 4.8&deg; W. It is 114.1 km in diameter and was named after Pierre Curie, a French physicist-chemist (1859-1906). <gallery>Image:Curie Crater Close-up .JPG|Close-up of ...
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