Weber - Definition

weber

n 1: a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells [syn:
weber, 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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