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Wigner

Wigner proper noun: a surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic.

Proper noun

Wigner

  1. A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic
    1. (attributive usage) Hungarian-born American physicist Eugene Wigner.

Origin of Wigner

Attestation is claimed of the surname in 14th-century England (Yorkshire) (i.e., in the Middle English period); apparently from Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Compare Wagner, Wagoner.

Words formed from Wigner

Phrases with Wigner

Questions about Wigner

What does Wigner mean?
Wigner means a surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic.
What part of speech is Wigner?
Wigner is a proper noun.

Words near Wigner in the dictionary

  1. Wigmore
  2. Wignall
  3. Wignalls
  4. wignat
  5. wignats
  6. Wigner
  7. Wigner crystal
  8. Wigner crystals
  9. Wigner effect
  10. Wigner effects
  11. Wigner energies

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