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Joliot-Curie

jo·liot·cu·rie

uncommon

noun

1.

French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)

2.

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)

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