weber (n.)

  1. a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100, 000, 000 maxwells

    [ Syn: wb ]

  2. German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)

    [ Syn: weber , wilhelm eduard weber ]

  3. United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)

    [ Syn: weber , max weber ]

  4. German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)

    [ Syn: weber , max weber ]

  5. German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)

    [ Syn: weber , carl maria von weber , baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber ]

  6. German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)

    [ Syn: weber , e. h. weber , ernst heinrich weber ]

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