Meanings
nounWiener sausage (plural Wiener sausages)
plural Wiener sausages
- mathematicsA neighborhood of the trace of a Brownian motion up to a given time, given by taking all points within a fixed distance of Brownian motion.
Origin
Named for its sausage-like shape and its relation to the Wiener process; also as a pun on Vienna sausage.
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Wiener sausage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wiener%20sausage
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“Wiener sausage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wiener%20sausage. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wiener sausage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wiener%20sausage.
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