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an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn" an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim vane: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft network: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" World Wide Web: computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven) membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals construct or form a web, as if by weaving
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| webbed |
(of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin lacy: having open interstices or resembling a web
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| Weber's law |
(psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus; "Weber's law explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime"
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| webbing |
something forming a web (as between the toes of birds) a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts a strong fabric woven in strips
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| weber |
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891) United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961) German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920) German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
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