Rabi

[ rah-bee ]

noun

1. Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.

rabi

¹

/ ˈrʌbɪ /

noun

1. (in Pakistan, India, etc) a crop that is harvested at the end of winter Compare kharif

Rabi

²

/ ˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

1. RabiIsidor Isaac18981988MUSAustrianSCIENCE: physicist Isidor Isaac . 1898–1988, US physicist, born in Austria, who devised the atomic and molecular beam resonance method of observing atomic spectra. Nobel prize for physics 1944

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rabi¹

Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring

Example Sentences

Mr Tamang, who joined the Russian army in January, had earlier told The Indian Express newspaper through his local corporator, Rabi Pradhan, that 13 out of 15 non-Russian members of his unit had died.

From BBC

In the 1930s, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, who would go on to the Nobel Prize in Physics, did pioneering work on microwaves that led to the development of airborne radar systems.

From Science Daily

"Rabi was one of the first to control the quantum states of molecules and was a pioneer of microwave research," said Will.

From Science Daily

The executive, Kailash Sirohiya, was detained nearly two weeks ago in a thinly veiled act of retaliation by Nepal’s powerful home minister, Rabi Lamichhane.

From New York Times

Sirohiya has denied any wrongdoing and accused Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane of seeking revenge for publishing news stories about alleged financial irregularities involving the minister.

From Seattle Times