| weber | (n) a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100, 000, 000 maxwells, Syn. Wb |
| weber | (n) German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891), Syn. Wilhelm Eduard Weber |
| weber | (n) United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961), Syn. Max Weber |
| weber | (n) German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920), Syn. Max Weber |
| weber | (n) German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826), Syn. Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber |
| weber | (n) German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878), Syn. Ernst Heinrich Weber, E. H. Weber |
| weber's law | (n) (psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus, Example: Weber's law explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime |
