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

“Biological materials are appealing because they can … sense and adapt to their environments,” Raman says.

From Science News For Students

Raman points out that the human body is a “biological machine” powered by living parts.

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“The role of diet as a risk factor and therapy for IBD has been of great interest to patients,” says Raman, who co-authored a review of diets for IBD published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology in March 2021.

From Time

These, combined with a technique called Raman amplification, which shoots a laser backwards down the line to boost signal strength along its length, kept the signals going over the long haul.

From Singularity Hub 

The instrument can also recognize specific chemical links, such as a carbon atom stuck to an oxygen atom, using what’s known as Raman spectroscopy.

From Popular-Science

And yet these portents were valid enough too, as Nivin could have told him—the customary welcome at Lol Raman's.

From Project Gutenberg

They entered the garden of Lol Raman to find it disposed as usual, inviting the evening trade.

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The fort of Fornells, and the towers on the coast, will be given up in due time to the engineer, Don Raman.

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He left it along with his crown and his kingdom to Raman Shah, his eldest son.

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