Jacobi

[ juh-koh-bee; for 2 also German yah-koh-bee ]

noun
  1. Abraham, 1830–1919, U.S. pediatrician, born in Germany.

  2. Karl Gus·tav Ja·kob [kahrl goos-tahf yah-kawp], /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈyɑ kɔp/, 1804–51, German mathematician.

  1. Mary Corinna (Putnam), 1842–1906, U.S. physician (wife of Abraham Jacobi).

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British Dictionary definitions for Jacobi

Jacobi

noun
  1. (dʒæˈkəʊbɪ) Sir Derek (George). born 1938, British actor

  2. (German jaˈkoːbi) Karl Gustav Jacob (karl ˈɡʊstaf ˈjaːkɔp). 1804–51, German mathematician. Independently of N. H. Abel, he discovered elliptic functions (1829). He also made important contributions to the study of determinants and differential equations

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