Curie
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- proper noun
- /ˈkjʊəri/
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Curie
- Mr. Curie was a distinguished physicist who collaborated with his wife, Marie, on groundbreaking research.
- Pierre Curie
- Curie temperature
- Curie point
Examples
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But one more necessary addition regarding radioactivity, which won Mme. Curie her first Nobel.
Academic text (2000) -
Mr. Curie, I'll be taking Marie to the Science Academy Awards tonight.
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And what did Madam Curie do?
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The example that stuck in my head is that of Marie and Pierre Curie.
Blog text (5) -
Earlier, in 1903, the third Nobel Prize for physics had gone to Marie and Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becquerel for the study of radioactivity.
Academic text (2000) -
Nevertheless, the serious evaluation of the claims of senior scientists has been the rule since 1903, when Pierre Curie prevailed on the physics committee to consider his wife, Marie, for the prize, pointing to her important role in the discovery of radium and polonium.
Academic text (1997) -
Pierre Curie made significant contributions to the field of radioactivity during his lifetime.
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In 1903, both Pierre and Marie Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on radioactivity.
Compounds
- Specialized
Temperature at which a magnetic material loses its strong, permanent magnetism when heated
- Specialized
The temperature above which a magnetic material loses its strong magnetism and becomes weakly magnetic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curie is a French family name that belonged to Pierre Curie, a physicist who worked on radioactivity with his wife. A helpful way to remember Curie is that the name became famous in science and was even used for the unit of radioactivity, so Curie refers to this scientist.