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multicurie en · ADJ

Etymology

From multi- + curie.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).
    • The facility is a flexible, relatively simple system of enclosures for handling multicurie amounts of alpha, gamma, and neutron-emitting radioisotopes. 1964, Albert V Crewe, Joseph Jacob Katz, Research, U.S.A.: knowledge for the future: