Curie

/ˈkjʊri/
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Other forms: Curies

Definitions of Curie
  1. noun
    French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
    synonyms: Pierre Curie
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    physicist
    a scientist trained in physics
  2. 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)
    synonyms: Madame Curie, Marie Curie, Marya Sklodowska
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    chemist
    a scientist who specializes in chemistry
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