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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)play

  Familiarity information: MARIE CURIE used as a noun is very rare.


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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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Curie; Madame Curie; Marie Curie; Marya Sklodowska

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)


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