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MARIE CURIE
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• MARIE CURIE (noun)
The noun MARIE CURIE has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: MARIE CURIE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Curie; Madame Curie; Marie Curie; Marya Sklodowska
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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