English noun: weber | |||
1. | weber (quantity) a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells | ||
Synonyms | Wb | ||
Broader (hypernym) | flux unit, magnetic flux unit | ||
Part holonym | maxwell, Mx | ||
2. | Weber (person) German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891) | ||
Synonyms | Wilhelm Eduard Weber | ||
Instance hypernym | physicist | ||
3. | Weber (person) United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961) | ||
Synonyms | Max Weber | ||
Instance hypernym | painter | ||
4. | Weber (person) German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920) | ||
Synonyms | Max Weber | ||
Instance hypernym | sociologist | ||
5. | Weber (person) German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) | ||
Synonyms | Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber | ||
Instance hypernym | composer, conductor, director, music director | ||
6. | Weber (person) German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878) | ||
Synonyms | E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber | ||
Instance hypernym | physiologist | ||