Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multicurie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-c-urie
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).

Example Sentences

"The facility is a flexible, relatively simple system of enclosures for handling multicurie amounts of alpha, gamma, and neutron-emitting radioisotopes."

Etymology

From multi- + curie.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: multi

Questions

What does multicurie mean?: Pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).
Where does multicurie come from?: From multi- + curie.

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