Schrödinger, Erwin Syllabification: (Schrö·ding·er, Erwin)Pronunciation: /ˈSHrōdiNGgər, ˈSHrā-/Definition of Schrödinger, Erwin (1887–1961), Austrian theoretical physicist, who founded the study of wave mechanics. His general works influenced scientists in many disciplines. Nobel Prize for Physics (1933), shared with Paul Dirac. Schrödinger, Erwin in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Schrödinger, Erwin in the British & World English dictionary