| joliot | (n) 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), Syn. Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot-Curie |
| joliot-curie | (n) French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956), Syn. Irene Joliot-Curie |