Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - weber

 noun  Etymology: Wilhelm E. Weber died 1891 German physicist  Date: 1891 the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of magnetic flux equal to that flux which in linking a circuit of one turn produces in it an electromotive force of one volt as the flux is reduced to zero at a uniform rate in one second ; 108 maxwells WEBER  I. biographical name Carl Maria von 1786-1826 German composer & conductor  II. biographical name Ernst Heinrich 1795-1878 German physiologist  III. biographical name Max 1864-1920 German sociologist & economist  • ~ian adjective  IV. biographical name Max 1881-1961 American (Russian-born) painter