(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, Syn. Ci
(n) 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), Syn. Marya Sklodowska, Madame Curie, Marie Curie
(n) French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958), Syn. Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot-Curie
[居里夫人 / 居裡夫人, Jū lǐ fū renㄐㄩ ㄌㄧˇ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣ˙] Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel prize-winner in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911