ˈkyu̇rē, -u̇ˌrē, kyəˈrē; in the open compounds that follow, the last two pronunciations are more frequent than for the measure noun
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Etymology: after Mme. Marie Curie (Marja Sklodowska) died 1934 Pol.-French chemist
1. : a unit quantity of radon that in radioactive equilibrium contains one gram of radium
2. : a unit quantity of any radioactive nuclide in which exactly 3.7 × 10 10 disintegrations occur per second
3. : a unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7 × 10 10 disintegrations per second