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MARIE CURIE
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I. (noun)
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)
Synonyms:
Curie; Madame Curie; Marie Curie; Marya Sklodowska
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Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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