Associations to the word «Lorenz»

Wiktionary

LORENZ, proper noun. Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethologist
LORENZ, noun. (during World War II) a blind-landing aid used at German military airfields

Dictionary definition

LORENZ, noun. Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats