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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  (lndô, -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 [lan-daw]
Noun
a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two folding hoods [after Landau, a town in Germany, where first made]
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Noun1.Landau - Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
Lev Davidovich Landau
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


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" said Princess Myakaya gleefully, "they're going to ask Landau what he's to say.
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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.
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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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