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WEBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
Synonyms:
E. H. Weber; Ernst Heinrich Weber; Weber
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Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
Sense 2
Meaning:
German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
Synonyms:
Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber; Carl Maria von Weber; Weber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
composer (someone who composes music as a profession)
conductor; director; music director (the person who leads a musical group)
Sense 3
Meaning:
German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
Synonyms:
Max Weber; Weber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
Synonyms:
Max Weber; Weber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
painter (an artist who paints)
Sense 5
Meaning:
German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)
Synonyms:
Weber; Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
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Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("weber" is a kind of...):
flux unit; magnetic flux unit (a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area)
Meronyms (parts of "weber"):
maxwell; Mx (a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss)
