Wigner

American  

[wig-ner] / ˈwɪg nər /

noun

1. Eugene Paul, 1902–95, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize 1963.

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Wigner British  

/ ˈwɪɡnə /

noun

1. Eugene Paul. 1902–95, US physicist, born in Hungary. He is noted for his contributions to nuclear physics: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1963

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Example Sentences

"This pinball phase is a very exciting phase of matter that we observed while researching the generalized Wigner crystal," Lewandowski said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

Scientists have long known that electrons in thin, two-dimensional materials can solidify into Wigner crystals, a concept first proposed in 1934.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

While studying the generalized Wigner crystal, the team uncovered another surprising state of matter.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

But Wigner predicted that if electrons travelled slowly enough, that repulsion would begin to dominate their behaviour.

From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2021

Szilard and Wigner, who had left the initial meeting confident that the urgency of research was understood at the highest levels of government, now came face-to-face with the natural sluggishness of the bureaucratic process.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik