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irène joliot-curie

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Jo⋅liot-Cu⋅rie

  [zhaw-lyoh-ky-ree]
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1. I⋅rène  [ee-ren] , (Irène Curie), 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
2. 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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Jo·liot-Cu·rie   (zhô-lyō'kyŏŏr'ē, -kyŏŏ-rē', -kü-)   
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 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   (zhô-lyō'kyr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
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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