HyperDic: joliot

English > 1 sense of the word Joliot:
NOUNperson Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot-CurieFrench nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie)
English > Joliot: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrench 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).
SynonymsJean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie
Instance ofphysicistA scientist trained in physics

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