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Curie

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Curie

1
 n
French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
2
 n
French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Curie
1

n French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)

Synonyms:
Pierre Curie
Example of:
physicist
a scientist trained in physics
2

n French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)

Synonyms:
Madame Curie, Marie Curie, Marya Sklodowska
Example of:
chemist
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
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