Raman
[ rah-muh n ]
/ ˈrɑ mən /
noun
Sir Chan·dra·se·kha·ra Ven·ka·ta [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/,1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
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In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.
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Example sentences from the Web for raman
He left it along with his crown and his kingdom to Raman Shah, his eldest son.
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Scientific definitions for raman
Raman
[ rä′mən ]
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.
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