Associations to the word «Landau»

Wiktionary

LANDAU, noun. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
LANDAU, noun. A style of automobile which is based around the idea of landau carriages.

Dictionary definition

LANDAU, noun. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
LANDAU, noun. A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats