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JOLIOT
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• JOLIOT (noun)
The noun JOLIOT has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: JOLIOT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jean-Frederic Joliot; Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie; Joliot; Joliot-Curie
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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