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Noun: weber  we-bu(r) or vey-bu(r)
  1. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
    "Modern electromagnetic calculations typically use webers instead of maxwells";
    - Wb
Noun: Weber  vey-bu(r)
  1. German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
    - Max Weber
     
  2. German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
    - E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber
     
  3. German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
    - Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
     
  4. German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)
    - Wilhelm Eduard Weber
     
  5. United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
    - Max Weber

Derived forms: webers

Type of: composer, conductor, director, flux unit, kapellmeister, magnetic flux unit, music director, painter, physicist, physiologist, sociologist

Encyclopedia: Weber, Michael