(1864-1928) German physicist who studied radiation and established the principle, since known as Wien’s law, that the wavelength at which the radiation from an idealized radiating body is most intense is inversely proportional to the body’s absolute temperature. (That is, the hotter the body, the shorter the wavelength.) For this and other work on radiation, he was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Množina: Wiens

German name for Vienna, the capital of Austria.

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In physics, a law of radiation stating that the wavelength carrying the maximum energy is inversely proportional to the body’s absolute temperature: the hotter a body is, the shorter the wavelength. It has the form lmaxT = constant, where lmax is the wavelength of maximum intensity and T is the temperature. The law is named for German physicist Wilhelm Wien.

(1880-1938) German film director. He is known for the bizarre Expressionist film Das Kabinett des Dr Caligari/The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 1919. He also directed Orlacs Hände/The Hands of Orlac 1924, Der Rosenkavalier 1926, and Ultimatum 1938.

(1894-1964) US mathematician. Born in Columbia, Missouri, Wiener was a child prodigy, attending Tufts University at an early age and receiving his PhD from Harvard at age 19. Joining the mathematics faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1919, he became one of the pioneers in the development of computer logic. During World War II, Wiener helped to perfect sophisticated weapons guidance systems. Best known for his book Cybernetics 1948, he laid the theoretical groundwork for information feedback systems. Two volumes of memoirs were published as Ex-Prodigy 1953 and I Am a Mathematician 1956.

Množina: wieners

Frankfurter.

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A cookout where roasted frankfurters are the main course; SYN. weenie roast.

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A thin breaded veal cutlet.

Wiener Werkstätte

(German “Vienna Workshops”) Group of artisans and artists, founded in Vienna 1903 by Josef Hoffmann and Kolo Moser, who were both members of the Vienna Sezession. They designed objects, ranging from furniture and jewelry to metal and books, in a rectilinear Art Nouveau style influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The workshop, financed by Fritz Wärndorfer, closed 1932.

Množina: wienerwursts

1. Vienna sausage
2. Frankfurter

Množina: wienies

Frankfurter.