Joliot-Curie

[ zhaw-lyoh-ky-ree ]

noun

1. I·rène [ee-, ren], Irène Curie, 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
2. her husband (Jean) Fré·dé·ric [zhah, n, f, r, ey-dey-, reek], Jean Frédéric Joliot, 1900–58, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935.

Joliot-Curie

/ ʒɔljokyri /

noun

1. Joliot-CurieJean-Frédéric19001958MFrenchSCIENCE: physicist 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

Joliot-Curie

/ zhô-lyō′kyr′ē /

1. 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.