Rabi

American  

[rah-bee] / ˈrɑ bi /

noun

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

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Rabi ¹ British  

/ ˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

1. 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

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rabi ² British  

/ ˈrʌbɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of rabi

Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring

Example Sentences

The national anthem played as RSP's president Rabi Lamichhane and soon-to-be prime minister Shah stood next to each other, before the parliamentarians were sworn in.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

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 • Sep. 18, 2024

"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 • Jun. 3, 2024

Rabi tipped his hat to Michals for capturing and amplifying the dopamine rush a person gets from watching, and re-watching, the perfect cat video on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

It put Strauss in “an absolute dither,” Rabi would recall: Strauss “went around and talked to newspapermen all over, and to the House and Senate, and whatnot.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik