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JEAN-FREDERIC JOLIOT

• JEAN-FREDERIC JOLIOT (noun)
The noun JEAN-FREDERIC JOLIOT has 1 sense:

1. 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)

Familiarity information: JEAN-FREDERIC JOLIOT used as a noun is very rare.

• JEAN-FREDERIC JOLIOT (noun)

Sense 1

Jean-Frederic Joliot ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jean-Frederic Joliot; Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie; Joliot; Joliot-Curie

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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