Meaning of WEBER
| Pronunciation: | | 'veybur, 'veybur
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- [n] German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
- [n] German conductor and composer of Romantic operas (1786-1826)
- [n] German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
- [n] United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
- [n] German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)
- [n] a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
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| | Synonyms: | | Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Max Weber, Wb, Wilhelm Eduard Weber |
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| | See Also: | | composer, conductor, director, flux unit, magnetic flux unit, maxwell, music director, Mx, painter, physicist, physiologist, sociologist | |
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| | Definition: | | \We"ber\, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German
electrician.] (Elec.)
The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of
current. See {Coulomb}, and {Amp?re}. [Obs.]
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