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a horse-drawn carriage so fancy it lent its name to the convertible roof.
means A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding two-part top that could be opened or closed, seating passengers face to face.
from Named after Landau, a town in southwestern Germany where the carriages are said to have first been built in the early 18th century — the place-name rolling off into the vehicle, much as the town of Sedan and the region of Berlin lent their names to other carriage styles. The fold-back hood later inspired the 'landau' roof on motorcars and the decorative 'landau bars' still bolted to some car windows today.
- origin
- Named for Landau, Germany, where first built
- folding roof
- Two halves meet in the middle
- royal ride
- Still used in British royal processions
- car term
- Inspired the automotive landaulet body style
- math twin
- Shares name with physicist Lev Landau
landau distribution — probability distribution in physics describing energy loss of charged particles, named after lev landau
landau carriage — four-wheeled enclosed carriage with folding hood, originated in landau, germany in the 18th century
landau levels — quantized energy levels of charged particles in magnetic fields, predicted by lev landau in 1930