joliot-curie

Noun joliot-curie has 2 senses

• joliot-curie(n = noun.person) irene joliot-curie - French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956); Array
is a kind of physicist

• joliot-curie(n = noun.person) jean-frederic joliot, jean-frederic joliot-curie, joliot - 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); Array
is a kind of physicist