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joliot-curie meaning and definition
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Definition of Joliot-Curie (noun)
- French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)
- synonyms: Irene Joliot-Curie
- 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)
- synonyms: Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot
Source: Princeton University Wordnet