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Landau has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)

"Physicists still study Landau's groundbreaking theories when analyzing superfluidity in helium."

2

a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately

"During the Victorian era, wealthy families often took their children for rides in a landau where the rear section of the roof could be lowered to allow fresh air."

3

A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.

"The antique shop owner proudly displayed a restored landau where the driver sat facing backward to better watch his charges on the opposite bench."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The Landau family has lived in that small town for three generations."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
carriage
Rhyming Words
dau lindau spandau eisteddfodau lev davidovich landau
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