Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index C curie: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: cu•rie Pronunciation: (kyoor'ē, kyoo-rē'), [key] — n. Physics, Chem. a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 g of radium-226. Abbr.: Ci Cu•rie Pronunciation: (kyoor'ē, kyoo-rē' Fr. ky-rē'), [key] — n. See 1867–1934, Polish physicist and chemist in France: codiscoverer of radium 1898; Nobel prize for physics 1903, for chemistry 1911. her husband,1859–1906, French physicist and chemist: codiscoverer of radium; Nobel prize for physics 1903. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: curie (Thesaurus) Curia Romana Curie point TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Hard Labor Current Events This Week: June 2023 Languages Spoken in Each Country of the World User's Guide to Environmental Language The Washington Monument: Facts, History & Profile LGBT Pride Month | Biographies of Notable Individuals Civilian Labor Force ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: poetaster Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language