[lan-daw, -dou] 
| 1. | a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back. |
| 2. | a sedanlike automobile with a short convertible back. |
[lahn-dou; Russ. luhn-dou] | Lev Da⋅vi⋅do⋅vich [lyef duh-vye-duh-vyich] , 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel prize for physics 1962. |
| lan·dau (lān'dô', -dou') n.
[After Landau, a city of southwest Germany.] |
| Lan·dau (län-dou') Soviet physicist. He won a 1962 Nobel Prize for his contributions to low-temperature physics. |
landau
four-wheeledfour-wheeled carriage, invented in Germany, seating four people on two facing seats with an elevated front seat for the coachman. It was distinguished by two folding hoods, one at each end, which met at the top to form a boxlike enclosure with side windows. It was a heavy vehicle, often drawn by a team of four horses, and was widely used from the 18th century in England. Usually, landaus were severely cut away beneath at each end, so that the bottom of the door was the lowest point of the carriage body
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