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

A graphic cartoon of Balen and the RSP President Rabi Lamichhane destroying a concrete wall illustrates their manifesto, with the words "We have arrived".

From BBC

Alhaji Musa Rabi'u Muhammed, head of the Murna travel agency in Kano State, told the BBC: "Some of our people had even boarded planes ready for take-off, but they had to be brought back down, and now they are at home."

From BBC

"Our life has stalled. Nothing is moving anymore," says Rabi Das.

From BBC

Rabi at the 1954 hearing convened to consider stripping J. Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance because of his opposition to developing the hydrogen bomb.

From Los Angeles Times

After listing Oppenheimer’s wartime accomplishments, including overseeing the invention of the plutonium bomb, Rabi asked the inquisitors, “What more do you want, mermaids?”

From Los Angeles Times