'Widmanstaumtten figures' definitions:

Definition of 'Widmanstaumtten figures'

From: GCIDE

Widmanstaumtten figures \Wid"man*st[aum]t`ten fig"ures\ (Min.) Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanst[aum]tten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite. [1913 Webster]