Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun weber

6 senses of weber

Sense 1
weber, Wb -- (a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells)
       => flux unit, magnetic flux unit -- (a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area)

Sense 2
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard Weber -- (German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 3
Weber, Max Weber -- (United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961))
       INSTANCE OF=> painter -- (an artist who paints)

Sense 4
Weber, Max Weber -- (German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920))
       INSTANCE OF=> sociologist -- (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

Sense 5
Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber -- (German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826))
       INSTANCE OF=> conductor, music director, director -- (the person who leads a musical group)
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 6
Weber, E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber -- (German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878))
       INSTANCE OF=> physiologist -- (a biologist specializing in physiology)