| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|---|
| French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) | Curie , Pierre Curie |
| 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) | Jean-Frederic Joliot , Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie , Joliot , Joliot-Curie |
| unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie | millicurie |