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weber
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun weber has 6 senses
- weber(n = noun.quantity) wb - a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells; Array is a kind of flux unit, magnetic flux unit
- weber(n = noun.person) wilhelm eduard weber - German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891); Array is a kind of physicist
- weber(n = noun.person) max weber - United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961); Array is a kind of painter
- weber(n = noun.person) max weber - German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920); Array is a kind of sociologist
- weber(n = noun.person) baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber, carl maria von weber - German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826); Array is a kind of composer, conductor, director, music director
- weber(n = noun.person) e. h. weber, ernst heinrich weber - German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878); Array is a kind of physiologist
has parts: maxwell, mx
CIDE DICTIONARY
weber, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German electrician.].
The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
weber, n. the SI unit of magnetic flux, causing the electromotive force of one volt in a circuit of one turn when generated or removed in one second.
Usage
Abbr.: Wb.
Etymology
W. E. Weber, Ger. physicist d. 1891
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