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Landau

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Lan·dau  (län-dou), Lev Davidovich 1908-1968.
Soviet physicist. He won a 1962 Nobel Prize for his contributions to low-temperature physics.

lan·dau  (ln, -dou)
n.
1. A four-wheeled carriage with front and back passenger seats that face each other and a roof in two sections that can be lowered or detached.
2. A style of automobile with a similar roof.

[After Landau, a city of southwest Germany.]

landau [ˈlændɔː]
n
a four-wheeled carriage, usually horse-drawn, with two folding hoods that meet over the middle of the passenger compartment
[named after Landau (a town in Bavaria), where it was first made]

Landau (Russian) [lanˈdau]
n
(Biographies / Landau, Lev Davidovich (1908-1968) M, Russian, SCIENCE: physicist) Lev Davidovich (ljɛf daˈvidəvitʃ). 1908-68, Soviet physicist, noted for his researches on quantum theory and his work on the theories of solids and liquids: Nobel prize for physics 1962
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Noun1.Landau - Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
2.landau - a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately
carriage, equipage, rig - a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
Translations
landau [ˈlændɔː] Nlandó m
landau
nLandauer m
landau [ˈlændɔː] nlandò m inv
landau [ˈlændɔː] nlandò m inv


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" said Princess Myakaya gleefully, "they're going to ask Landau what he's to say.
I was just balancing whether I should run for it, or whether I should perch behind her landau when a cab came through the street.
The man dashed out bareheaded as a big landau with four native troopers behind it halted at the veranda, and a tall, black haired man, erect as an arrow, swung out, preceded by a young officer who laughed pleasantly.
 
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