Wien

American  

[veen] / vin /

noun

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

2. German name of Vienna.

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Wien ¹ British  

/ viːn /

noun

1. the German name for Vienna

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Wien ² British  

/ viːn /

noun

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

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Wien

But new research from TU Wien suggests that many of these materials may not work as expected in real-world chip technology.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

"It's a bit like the Cinderella fairy tale," says Benjamin Koch from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at TU Wien.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026

Researchers at TU Wien have now demonstrated a rare exception.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 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

They were not exactly friends—there are no friends in London, only acquaintances—but a little chummy, because the Editor himself had had a fiery youth, and they had met in sunny Wien.

From Amaryllis at the Fair by Jefferies, Richard