weber
/ˈwɛbɚ/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
Meaning
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.
name
A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Weber (“weaver”).
name
A locale in the United States.
name
A locale in the United States.
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A locale in the United States.
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A river in Utah, United States; running 201 km from the Uinta Mountains into the Great Salt Lake; named for fur trader and explorer John Henry Weber.
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A hamlet in Tararua district, Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand; named for surveyor Charles H. Weber.
Example Sentences
- "Ironically, the German university became more bourgeois just when contemporaries like Weber began to criticize the "social aristocratic tendency of our time" among the cultivated and when student subculture in the duelling corporations was becoming more neofeudal!"
- "Armed with shovels, gloves and headlamps, the team followed their map to the dig site. The vibe was “very piratey,” Dr. Weber said. Dr. Telewski set to digging a neat, squared-off hole."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɛbɚ/
- British English: /ˈwɛbə/