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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

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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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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

The study also involved researchers from TU Wien and Trinity College Dublin.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

The music was played by 50 upright pianos, each of them with ever-so-slightly different tuning, amid a scattered chamber orchestra, the Klangforum Wien, of 25 other instruments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Fifty micro-tuned pianos and 25 musicians from Austria’s Klangforum Wien create an immersive sound experience that ushers visitors through a range of sonic scenes, from calming motifs to thunderous, weather-inspired roars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Gesellschaft an der Universität zu Wien: Vorträge und Besprechungen über die Krisis der Darwinismus.”

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf