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joliot-curie
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Noun joliot-curie has 2 senses
- joliot-curie(n = noun.person) irene joliot-curie - French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956); Array is a kind of physicist
- joliot-curie(n = noun.person) jean-frederic joliot, jean-frederic joliot-curie, joliot - 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); Array is a kind of physicist
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