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Jacobi

American  
[juh-koh-bee, yah-koh-bee] / dʒəˈkoʊ bi, jɑˈkoʊ bi /

noun

  1. Abraham, 1830–1919, U.S. pediatrician, born in Germany.

  2. Karl Gustav Jakob 1804–51, German mathematician.

  3. Mary Corinna (Putnam), 1842–1906, U.S. physician (wife of Abraham Jacobi).


Jacobi British  

noun

  1. Sir Derek ( George ). born 1938, British actor

  2. Karl Gustav Jacob (karl ˈɡʊstaf ˈjaːkɔp). 1804–51, German mathematician. Independently of N. H. Abel, he discovered elliptic functions (1829). He also made important contributions to the study of determinants and differential equations

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Mercifully, there is a monk who knows his stuff, and if Jacobi isn’t enough reason to watch, the costumes and landscape are pretty great too.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

“Even a child could clear a dinner table,” said Goldberg, who is also chief scientist at Ambi Robotics and Jacobi Robotics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

Zhao adapted the book in partnership with O'Farrell, and the film also stars Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn and Jacobi Jupe as Hamnet.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2026

Jacobi had volunteered to help bring Kirk to campus.

From Slate Oct. 30, 2025

Jacobi would start saying, “So, like we all walk—Yeah, we all walk out at the same—” and then he’d stop, count something out on his fingers, and then nod, only to himself.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

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