Weber
['veɪbə] or ['vebɚ]
Definition
(noun.) German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878).
(noun.) German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826).
(noun.) German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920).
(noun.) United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961).
(noun.) German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891).
(noun.) a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
Edited by Alta--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re.
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Examples
- Hence arises a new branch of natural science, physiological psychology, or, as Fechner (1860), the disciple of Weber, called it, psycho-physics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the field during this decade also labored the German professors Gauss and Weber, and Baron Schilling of Russia. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Randolph