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JOLIOT-CURIE

• JOLIOT-CURIE (noun)
The noun JOLIOT-CURIE has 2 senses:

1. French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)
2. 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: JOLIOT-CURIE used as a noun is rare.

• JOLIOT-CURIE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Irene Joliot-Curie; Joliot-Curie

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2

Joliot-Curie ^{[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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