Raman

[ rah-muhn ]

noun

1. Sir Chan·dra·se·kha·ra Ven·ka·ta [sir, , chuhn, -dr, uh, -, shey, -ker-, uh, , veng, -k, uh, -t, uh], 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel Prize 1930.

Raman

/ rä′mən /

1. Indian physicist who in 1928 demonstrated that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in frequency. For the discovery of this effect, which is now named after him, Raman received the 1930 Nobel Prize for physics. He also conducted research in the physiology of vision.

Example Sentences

“By opening up some of these neighborhoods — to some new housing — we would actually be making steps towards undoing the city’s patterns of segregation that in many cases policymakers imposed upon this city,” Councilmember Nithya Raman told the committee.

From Los Angeles Times

In proposing the law, Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martínez and Nithya Raman sought to enshrine an order enacted by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti several years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times

Aimed at making a 2019 executive order into city law, it would "prevent federal immigration enforcement from being able to access city facilities or to use city resources in the pursuit of immigration enforcement", council member Nithya Raman told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.

From BBC

Credit also goes to elected leaders, including former Council President Paul Krekorian and Councilmember Nithya Raman, who seized the moment to advance worthwhile reforms.

From Los Angeles Times

One of those people was Nithya Raman, a member of the council’s progressive bloc that will grow to four if Jurado maintains her lead.

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