| 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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| Weber-Fechner law |
Fechner's law: (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber
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| webfoot |
a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin
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| wedge bone |
part of the sirloin nearest the rump
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| Weismann |
German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)
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