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A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Weber (“weaver”).
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name
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Missouri; named for local merchant William Weber.
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name
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Washington; named for early settler Jacob Weber.
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name
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
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A river in Utah, United States; running 201 km from the Uinta Mountains into the Great Salt Lake; named for fur trader and explorer John Henry Weber.
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A hamlet in Tararua district, Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand; named for surveyor Charles H. Weber.
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noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.
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noun
German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber
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Broader terms: physiologist
noun
German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
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Broader terms: composer, conductor, music director, director
noun
German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Max Weber
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Broader terms: sociologist
noun
United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Max Weber
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Broader terms: painter
noun
German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891)
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Synonyms: Wilhelm Eduard Weber
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Broader terms: physicist
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a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Wb
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Broader terms: flux unit, magnetic flux unit
History
Borrowed from German Weber.
Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Across languages
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