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MARIE CURIE

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• MARIE CURIE (noun)
The noun MARIE CURIE has 1 sense:

1. 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)

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• MARIE CURIE (noun)

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Meaning:

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)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Curie; Madame Curie; Marie Curie; Marya Sklodowska

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

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