weber

weber

 (Wb) [web´er]

the SI unit of magnetic flux which, linking a circuit of one turn, produces in it an electromotive force of one volt as it is reduced to zero at a uniform rate in one second.

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Web·er

(web'ĕr),

Rainer, 20th-century U.S. pathologist. See: Weber stain.

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We·ber

(vā'bĕr),

Ernst Heinrich, German physiologist and anatomist, 1795-1878. See: Weber glands, Weber law, Weber paradox, Weber test, Fechner-Weber law, Weber-Fechner law.

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Web·er

(web'ĕr),

Frederick Parkes, English physician, 1863-1962. See: Weber-Christian disease, Weber-Cockayne syndrome, Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, Sturge-Kalischer-Weber syndrome, Sturge-Weber disease, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, Parkes Weber syndrome.

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We·ber

(vā'bĕr),

Moritz Ignaz, German anatomist, 1795-1875. See: Weber organ.

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Web·er

(web'ĕr),

Hermann, English physician, 1823-1918. See: Weber sign, Weber syndrome.

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We·ber

(web'ĕr),

Wilhelm E., German physicist, 1804-1891. See: Weber point, Weber triangle.

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web·er (Wb),

(web'ĕr),

SI unit of magnetic flux, equal to volt-seconds (V·s).

[Wilhelm E. Weber, 1804-1891]

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web·er

(Wb) (vā'bĕr)

SI unit of magnetic flux, equal to volt-seconds (V·s).

[Wilhelm E. Weber, 1804-1891]

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