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Meaning of JOLIOT-CURIE

Pronunciation:  zho'lyowky'ree

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  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)
  2. [n]  French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)
 
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 Synonyms: Irene Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot
 
 See Also: physicist

 

 

 

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