frederic joliot curie

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I·rène

[ee-ren] , ( Irène Curie ) 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).

her husband, (Jean) Fré·dé·ric

[zhahn frey-dey-reek] , ( Jean Frédéric Joliot ) 1900–58, French nuclear physicist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1935.

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Joliot-Curie (French ʒɔljokyri)

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	Jean-Frédéric (ʒɑ̃frederik), 1900--58, and his wife, Irène (irɛn), 1897--1956, French physicists: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1935 for discovering artificial radioactivity

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Joliot-Curie Jo·liot-Cu·rie (zhô-lyō'ky&oobreve;r'ē, -ky&oobreve;-rē', -kü-), Irène. 1897-1956.

French physicist. She shared a 1935 Nobel Prize with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), for synthesizing new radioactive elements.

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Joliot-Curie

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French physicist who with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), made the first artificial radioactive isotope. They also contributed to the development of nuclear reactors.

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