weber

weber
    n 1: a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells [syn:
         {weber}, {Wb}]
    2: German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his
       studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891) [syn: {Weber},
       {Wilhelm Eduard Weber}]
    3: United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
       [syn: {Weber}, {Max Weber}]
    4: German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in
       sociology (1864-1920) [syn: {Weber}, {Max Weber}]
    5: German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
       [syn: {Weber}, {Carl Maria von Weber}, {Baron Karl Maria
       Friedrich Ernst von Weber}]
    6: German physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli
       and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878)
       [syn: {Weber}, {E. H. Weber}, {Ernst Heinrich Weber}]
    

Weber \We"ber\, n. [From the name of Professor Weber, a German
   electrician.] (Elec.)
   The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of
   current. See {Coulomb}, and {Amp?re}. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]
    

Coulomb \Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French
   physicist and electrican.] (Physics)
   The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It
   is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the
   current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt
   acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the
   quantity transferred by one amp[`e]re in one second. Formerly
   called {weber}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Weber -- U.S. County in Utah
   Population (2000):    196533
   Housing Units (2000): 70454
   Land area (2000):     575.538505 sq. miles (1490.637821 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    83.926244 sq. miles (217.367964 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    659.464749 sq. miles (1708.005785 sq. km)
   Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
   Location:             41.232183 N, 111.972867 W
   Headwords:
    Weber
    Weber, UT
    Weber County
    Weber County, UT