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Wien

American  
[veen] / vin /

noun

  1. Wilhelm 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1911.

  2. German name of Vienna.


Wien 1 British  
/ viːn /

noun

  1. the German name for Vienna

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Wien 2 British  
/ viːn /

noun

  1. Wilhelm (ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1864–1928, German physicist, who studied black-body radiation: Nobel prize for physics 1911

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2025, researchers from TU Wien and Rice University reported that electrical current moves through these materials with unusually low electrical noise.

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However, the TU Wien team found that this creates a major issue at the atomic scale.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

A new study from TU Wien may represent a step toward solving that problem.

From Science Daily Mar. 9, 2026

Byron Wien, who passed away in 2023, was one of Wall Street’s preeminent strategists, in a career mostly at Morgan Stanley, known for his annual “10 surprises” report.

From MarketWatch Dec. 5, 2025

"Given at Wien, 4th of October, 1740."—The last Dehortatorium ever signed by Karl VI.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Carlyle, Thomas

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