curie
— Noun
– English
~ 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
Curie
— Noun
– English
~ French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
Curie
— Noun
– English
~ 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)
curiepunkt
— Noun
– Danish
~ temperatur ved hvilken magnetiske stoffer, fx jern ...
Curietherapy
— Noun
– English
~ the use of radium in radiation therapy
curing
— Noun
– English
~ the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
curio
— Noun
– English
~ something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
curiosa
— Noun
– English
~ books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)
curiosity
— Noun
– English
~ a state in which you want to learn more about something
curiosity
— Noun
– English
~ something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
curious
— Adjective
– English
~ eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
curious
— Adjective
– English
~ beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
curiously
— Adverb
– English
~ in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
curiously
— Adverb
– English
~ with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously"
curiousness
— Noun
– English
~ a state of active curiosity
curiousness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"
curitiba
— Noun
– English
~ a city in southeastern Brazil
curium
— Noun
– English
~ a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
curl
— Verb
– English
~ twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"