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    Rabi
    noun
    Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1944.
  • rabi
    rabi
    noun
    (in Pakistan, India, etc) a crop that is harvested at the end of winter Compare kharif

Rabi

American  
[rah-bee] / ˈrɑ bi /

noun

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


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rabi 2 British  
/ ˈrʌbɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rabi

Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring

Example Sentences

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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

‘Good Luck,’ by L.A. street artist Rabi, was inspired by the duality and contradictions surrounding cats.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Strauss simmered through most of the presentation but erupted when Rabi took a potshot at the illusory concept of a “clean” bomb.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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